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Is whirl a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whirl is a Scrabble US word. The word whirl is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is whirl a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whirl is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

W4H4I1R1L1

Is whirl a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word whirl is a Words With Friends word. The word whirl is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

WHIRL,

4-letter words (1 found)

WHIR,

2-letter words (2 found)

HI,LI,

You can make 4 words from whirl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of whirl

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

Definitions and meaning of whirl

whirl

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːl/
  • (without the wine–whine merger, non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ʍɜːl/
  • (General American) enPR: (h)wûrl, IPA(key): /(h)wɝl/
  • (Scotland, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
  • Homophone: whorl

Etymology 1

From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whirvelen, *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hwyrflian, *hweorflian (attested in hwirflung, hwerflung (“change, vicissitude”)), frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”); or perhaps from Old Norse hvirfla (“to go round, spin”). Cognate with Dutch wervelen (“to whirl, swirl”), German wirbeln (“to whirl, swirl”), Danish hvirvle (“to whirl”), Swedish virvla (older spelling hvirfla), Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”). Related to whirr and wharve.

Verb

whirl (third-person singular simple present whirls, present participle whirling, simple past and past participle whirled)

  1. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
  2. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
  3. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
  4. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English whirl, wherwille, whorwhil, wervel, from Old English hwirfel, hwyrfel (“whirlpool”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz, *hwarbilaz (“swirl, whirl, whirlpool”), equivalent to wharve +‎ -el; and also Old Norse hvirfill (“ring, circle, crown”), whence Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”), Dutch werveling (“whirling, vortex”), German Low German Warvel (“whirl, whirlpool”), German Wirbel (“whirl, whirlpool”).

Noun

whirl (plural whirls)

  1. An act of whirling.
    She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
  2. Something that whirls.
  3. A confused tumult.
  4. A rapid series of events.
    My life is one social whirl.
  5. Dizziness or giddiness.
    My mind was in a whirl.
  6. (informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
    OK, let's give it a whirl.
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