Boggle Word Finder
PERIPHRASTIC
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
24
pts
PERIPHRASTIC is a valid 12-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 24 in Super Big Boggle.
Might be on the same board
Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.
adjective
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Expressed in more words than are necessary.
- He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.
- She was simply asked to express how she felt, but her response was periphrastic.
- Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
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Characterized by periphrasis.
- “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.