The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EDDY which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Whirlpool crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDDY | 91 % | 4 |
| VORTEX | 4 % | 6 |
| SPA | 3 % | 3 |
| MAELSTROM | 1 % | 9 |
| SWIRL | 0 % | 5 |
Why may EDDY be the right solution?
"Eddy" is the right answer because a whirlpool is a swirling body of water, and an eddy is a circular current of water running contrary to the main current, often creating a whirlpool.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whirlpool
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vortex
- maelstrom
- whirl
- swirl
- eddy
- purl
- gurge
- jacuzzi
- tubs
- bathtubs
- spiral
- turmoil
Crossword Answer definitions
EDDY noun- A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- A circular current; a whirlpool.
- To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EDDY
- Baritone Nelson
- Christian Science founder
- Guitarist Duane
- Little whirlpool
- Operetta's Nelson
- Singer Arnold
- Small whirlpool
- Swirl
- Whirlpool
- Backwater
More clues leading to the result VORTEX
- Whirlpool
- Eddy
- Whirling mass
- Whirlpool or tornado
- Spinning mass
- Whirling waters
- Whirlpool, for one
- Tornado, for instance
- Waterspout.
- Maelstrom.
More clues leading to the result SPA
- Fat farm
- Evian or Vichy
- Exercise center
- Fitness center
- Gym
- Health center
- Health resort
- Hot-tub spot
- Massage milieu
- Mineral-spring spot
More clues leading to the result MAELSTROM
- Violent whirlpool
- Turbulent situation
- Tumultuous state of affairs
- Pandemonium
- Tumult
- Celebrated whirlpool off the coast of Norway.
- Norway's famous whirlpool.
- Whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean.
- Violently confused state of affairs.
- Violent confusion of ideas or conditions.