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What does eddy mean? Is eddy a Scrabble word?

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Is eddy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eddy is a Scrabble US word. The word eddy is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is eddy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eddy is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

E1D2D2Y4

Is eddy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eddy is a Words With Friends word. The word eddy is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1D2D2Y3

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4-letter words (2 found)

DYED,EDDY,

3-letter words (2 found)

DEY,DYE,

2-letter words (3 found)

DE,ED,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from eddy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of eddy

eddy dedy eddy dedy ddey ddey edyd deyd eydd yedd dyed yded edyd deyd eydd yedd dyed yded ddye ddye dyde ydde dyde ydde

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word eddy. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in eddy.

Definitions and meaning of eddy

eddy

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛd.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdi

Etymology 1

From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- +‎ ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).

Noun

eddy (plural eddies)

  1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  2. A circular current; a whirlpool.
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  • countercurrent
  • dust devil

Verb

eddy (third-person singular simple present eddies, present participle eddying, simple past and past participle eddied)

  1. (intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
    • 2023, Clayton Collins, quoted in: Clayton Collins, Jingnan Peng, Right to arms, right to peace? Our writer explored a balance., in: The Christian Science Monitor, December 1, 2023
      It’s a uniquely American news story, one that eddies until it surges, and then, after it has mostly receded from view, surges again.

Etymology 2

Clipping of edible.

Noun

eddy (plural eddies or eddys)

  1. (slang) A marijuana edible.

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Anagrams

  • dyde, dyed

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French adieu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈædi/

Interjection

eddy

  1. Nonstandard spelling of äddi.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛðɨ̞/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈeːði/, /ˈɛði/

Verb

eddy

  1. Obsolete form of addawa (“(s/he) promises”).

Source: wiktionary.org