whirl
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
Example:
The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.
- nounAn act of whirling.
Example:
She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
- verbTo have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
Example:
My head is whirling after all that drink.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,725 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 37% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None