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   gyre

   /ˈdʒʌɪə/

   verb

   • 1. whirl or gyrate: literary "a swarm of ghosts gyred around him"

   noun

   • 1. a spiral or vortex.
   • ▪ a circular pattern of currents in an ocean basin: "the central North Pacific gyre"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘whirl someone or something round’): from late Latin gyrare, from Latin gyrus ‘a ring’, from Greek guros. The noun is from Latin gyrus.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • G

     2

   • Y

     4

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

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