vortex

1. A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it: "As happened with so many theater actors, he was swept up in the vortex of Hollywood” ( New York Times).

2. A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center.

3. Something that resembles a whirlpool.

4. A mass of fluid (as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle and to draw toward this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its action.

5. A region within a body of fluid in which the fluid elements have an angular velocity.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
vortex	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
et	2
ex	9
oe	2
or	2
ox	9
to	2
te	2
re	2
er	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
vet	6
vex	13
voe	6
tor	3
toe	3
vox	13
rot	3
roe	3
rex	10
rev	6
ret	3
ort	3
ore	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
vert	7
veto	7
vext	14
vote	7
rote	4
tore	4
rove	7
oxer	11
over	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
trove	8
oxter	12
overt	8
voter	8

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
vortex	16