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GYRE

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

GYRE is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

noun
  1. literarypoeticA swirling vortex.
  2. literarypoeticA circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
  3. archaicSynonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
  4. An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
    • Most ships that tried to cross the Pacific in the past would get stuck in the gyres and never make it out.
verb
  1. intransitiveliterarypoeticTo spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
  2. literarypoeticraretransitiveTo make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.