gyration

gyration is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.
2. noun. One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
3. noun. the act of rotating in a circle or spiral

   Synonyms: whirling

4. noun. a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

   "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"

   "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

   Synonyms: revolution, rotation

Synonyms

whirling, revolution, rotation

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gyration:

organity, ortygian

Common word forms

gyrations, gyrational

Words from these letters

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