Water swirl

The answer

EDDY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDDY answer page.

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EDDY

Every other clue in this collection answered by EDDY, most used first.

• Whirlpool - used 283 times, most recently in 2026
• Small whirlpool - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
• Vortex - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
• Whirling water - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Swirl - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Water whirl - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Swirling current - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Circular current - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Whirling current - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Countercurrent - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Swirling water - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Current event? - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Christian Science founder - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
• Water whirled - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Whirl - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Little whirlpool - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Electric Avenue" singer Grant - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Small vortex - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Whirl of water - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Jacuzzi effect - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Sea swirl - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Swirl in a stream - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Swirl of water - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Mini-whirlpool - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Bit of a whirl - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Spiraling current - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bathtub swirl - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Contrary current - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• MacDonald's co-star - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Singer Nelson - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Guitarist Duane - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Go around in circles? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Mini-maelstrom - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Miniature whirlpool - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Nelson or Mary Baker - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Small revolver - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Stream swirl - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Baritone Nelson - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Canoeing challenge - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Canoer's threat - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Hot tub swirl - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Oceanic whirlpool - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Swirl in the stream - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Turning point? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Water awhirl - used 6 times, most recently in 2004

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Water pitcher - EWER, used 125 times
• Water color - AQUA, used 108 times
• Walk through water - WADE, used 78 times
• Water, in Spanish - AGUA, used 78 times
• Walk in water - WADE, used 64 times
• Land surrounded by water - ISLE, used 54 times

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