Whirl

The answer

EDDY

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

Used 26 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SPIN (100 uses in xd)
• GYRATE (18 uses in xd)
• REEL (17 uses in xd)
• GYRE (8 uses in xd)
• TRY (6 uses in xd)

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
• Little whirlpool - used 24 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Whirl - SPIN, used 100 times

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