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PERIPHRASE

10 letters

◐ IN SOME DICTIONARIES

TWL06 ✗ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✗

Classic 11 pts

Big 11 pts

Super Big 20 pts

PERIPHRASE is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in SOWPODS but not TWL06 and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

PERIPHRASES-s 11 PERIPHRASING 11 PERIPHRASED-d 11

noun

countablerhetoricuncountableThe use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

verb

transitiveTo express by periphrase or circumlocution.
intransitiveTo use circumlocution.