When a firecracker doesn’t go off, and you break it in the middle and light the powder, you call it a ________.
| DUD | 319 |
| NR | 232 |
| SIZZLER | 90 |
| FIZZLE | 79 |
| FIZZLER | 78 |
| FUSE | 31 |
| FIZZER | 30 |
| FUZEE | 29 |
| FIZZ | 27 |
| SPEWER | 19 |
| HISSER | 16 |
| SIZZER | 13 |
| PUNK | 10 |
| DUB | 9 |
| CAT-AND-DOG-FIGHT | 7 |
| FIZZLE-OUT | 7 |
| FUZZ | 6 |
| SQUIB | 6 |
| SPARKLER | 5 |
| SPEW | 5 |
| SHOO-SHOO | 4 |
| FIZZY | 3 |
| SIZZLE | 3 |
| BAD FIRECRACKER | 2 |
| CATS-AND-DOGS | 2 |
| FLARE | 2 |
| FLASHER | 2 |
| SHEEWEE | 2 |
| SHOO-SHOO BABY | 2 |
| SISSER | 2 |
| SPIT-DEVIL | 2 |
| SPITFIRE | 2 |
| SQUEEGEE | 2 |
| ANVIL | 1 |
| BLANK | 1 |
| BLAZER | 1 |
| BLOW-OUT | 1 |
| BUST | 1 |
| CAT-AND-DOG | 1 |
| CHOU-CHOU | 1 |
| CORPSE MAKER | 1 |
| DEAD | 1 |
| DEAD CRACKER | 1 |
| DEAD FIRECRACKER | 1 |
| DEAD FUSE | 1 |
| DEAD ONE | 1 |
| DEAD SHOT | 1 |
| DUMB | 1 |
| DUMMY | 1 |
| EXPLOSION | 1 |
| FIRE BOMB | 1 |
| FIZZLE BOMB | 1 |
| FLU | 1 |
| FRISSER | 1 |
| FRIZZLE | 1 |
| FUSE-OUT | 1 |
| FUSER | 1 |
| FUZZER | 1 |
| INFECTED FIRECRACKER | 1 |
| IT DON’T DO NOTHIN’ BUT SPEW | 1 |
| IT’S DEAD | 1 |
| IT’S SPEWING | 1 |
| NIGGER-CHASER | 1 |
| NO GOOD | 1 |
| ROOSTER FIGHT | 1 |
| RUINED FIRECRACKER | 1 |
| SCRUB | 1 |
| SISS | 1 |
| SISSLER | 1 |
| SNEEZER | 1 |
| SPEWING | 1 |
| SPEWING ‘EM | 1 |
| SPITTER | 1 |
| SPITZER | 1 |
| SPUNK | 1 |
| SPURT IT | 1 |
| SQUEEZER | 1 |
| SQUIBLER | 1 |
| SQUIZZ | 1 |
| TORCH | 1 |
| YOU SPEW IT | 1 |
| ZISHER | 1 |
| ZIZZER | 1 |
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