whirlpool

whirlpool is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.
2. noun. A sea monster of the whale kind.
3. noun. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

   Synonyms: maelstrom, vortex

4. verb. flow in a circular current, of liquids

   Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirl

Synonyms

maelstrom, vortex, eddy, purl, swirl, whirl

Common word forms

whirlpools

Words from these letters

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