Boggle Word Finder
PERIPHRASIS
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
22
pts
PERIPHRASIS is a valid 11-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 22 in Super Big Boggle.
Word family
noun
- countableuncountableThe use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
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countableuncountableExpressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
- Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".
- Native speakers use periphrases like "did not go" where a language learner might use "went not".
- countablerhetoricuncountableThe substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
- countablerhetoricuncountableThe use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.