eddy

eddy is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
2. noun. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.
3. intransitive verb. To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
4. transitive verb. To collect as into an eddy.
5. noun. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

   Synonyms: twist

6. noun. founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
7. verb. flow in a circular current, of liquids

   Synonyms: purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool

Synonyms

twist, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in eddy:

dyed

Common word forms

eddied, eddies, eddying

Words from these letters

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