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PERIPHRASING

12 letters

◐ IN SOME DICTIONARIES

TWL06 ✗ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✗

Classic 11 pts

Big 11 pts

Super Big 24 pts

PERIPHRASING is a valid 12-letter Boggle word. It's listed in SOWPODS but not TWL06 and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 24 in Super Big Boggle.

PERIPHRASING root PERIPHRASE

Word family

PERIPHRASE 11 PERIPHRASES-s 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.