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Is gyration a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gyration is a Scrabble US word. The word gyration is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is gyration a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gyration is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is gyration a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gyration is a Words With Friends word. The word gyration is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

GYRATION,ORGANITY,

7-letter words (3 found)

GIANTRY,ORATING,ROATING,

6-letter words (22 found)

AROINT,AROYNT,GANTRY,GITANO,GRAINY,GRATIN,GYRANT,IGNARO,NOTARY,OARING,ONAGRI,ORANGY,ORIGAN,RATING,RATION,RAYING,ROTING,TARING,TOYING,TRIGON,TRYING,TYRING,

5-letter words (59 found)

AGONY,AGRIN,ANGRY,ARGON,ARGOT,ARIOT,ATONY,AYONT,GARNI,GATOR,GIANT,GIRON,GOARY,GOATY,GONIA,GRAIN,GRANT,GRIOT,GROAN,GROAT,GROIN,GYRON,INGOT,INTRA,INTRO,IRONY,NAGOR,NGAIO,NGATI,NITRO,NITRY,NORIA,ORANG,ORANT,ORGAN,ORGIA,OTARY,RAINY,RANGI,RANGY,RATIO,RAYON,RIANT,ROTAN,TANGI,TANGO,TANGY,TIGON,TOING,TONGA,TORAN,TRAGI,TRAIN,TRIGO,TRONA,TYING,TYRAN,YARTO,YOGIN,

4-letter words (102 found)

AGIN,AGIO,AGON,AGRO,AIRN,AIRT,AIRY,ANTI,ARTI,ARTY,AYIN,GAIN,GAIR,GAIT,GANT,GARI,GART,GIRN,GIRO,GIRT,GNAR,GNAT,GOAT,GORA,GORI,GORY,GRAN,GRAT,GRAY,GRIN,GRIT,GROT,GYAN,GYNO,GYRI,GYRO,INGO,INRO,INTO,IOTA,IRON,NAOI,NARY,NGAI,NOIR,NORI,NOTA,OARY,OATY,OINT,ORGY,RAGI,RAIN,RAIT,RANG,RANI,RANT,RATO,RING,RIOT,ROAN,ROIN,RONG,RONT,ROTA,ROTI,RYOT,TAIG,TAIN,TANG,TARN,TARO,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TING,TINY,TIRO,TIYN,TOGA,TONG,TONY,TORA,TORI,TORN,TORY,TRAY,TRIG,TRIN,TRIO,TROG,TRON,TROY,TYIN,TYRO,YAGI,YANG,YARN,YOGA,YOGI,YONI,YONT,

3-letter words (68 found)

AGO,AIN,AIR,AIT,ANI,ANT,ANY,ART,ARY,GAN,GAR,GAT,GAY,GIN,GIO,GIT,GOA,GON,GOR,GOT,GOY,ING,ION,ITA,NAG,NAT,NAY,NIT,NOG,NOR,NOT,NOY,OAR,OAT,ONY,ORA,ORG,ORT,RAG,RAI,RAN,RAT,RAY,RIA,RIG,RIN,RIT,ROT,RYA,TAG,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAR,TAY,TIG,TIN,TOG,TON,TOR,TOY,TRY,TYG,YAG,YAR,YGO,YIN,YON,

2-letter words (23 found)

AG,AI,AN,AR,AT,AY,GI,GO,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,NY,OI,ON,OR,OY,TA,TI,TO,YA,YO,

You can make 279 words from gyration according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gyration

gyration

Etymology

From gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) +‎ -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes). Gyre is from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), and directly from its etymon Latin gȳrāre, the present active infinitive of gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”) (from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒaɪ(ə)ˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: gyr‧a‧tion

Noun

gyration (countable and uncountable, plural gyrations)

  1. (also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
    Synonyms: circumvolution, spinning, wheeling
    1. (specifically, Euclidean geometry) A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.
  2. (conchology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
  3. (neurology) The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.

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  • gyration (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • organity

Source: wiktionary.org