CIRCUMLOCUTORY
A 14-letter word worth 25 points in Scrabble.
c 3 i 1 r 1 c 3 u 1 m 3 l 1 o 1 c 3 u 1 t 1 o 1 r 1 y 4
- Length
- 14
- Scrabble
- 25 pts
- Sorted letters
- cccilmoorrtuuy
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of CIRCUMLOCUTORY
- adjective
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
“had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression”
Synonyms: circumlocutious, periphrastic, ambagious
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within CIRCUMLOCUTORY
217 words can be made from any subset of the letters in CIRCUMLOCUTORY.
- cyclotomic 21
- mucolytic 18
- locutory 13
- curculio 12
- tricolor 10
- mycotic 16
- courtly 12
- roomily 12
- motoric 11
- couloir 9
- turmoil 9
- cyclic 15
- comity 13
- myotic 13
- mucluc 12
- curtly 11
- outcry 11
- trimly 11
- corium 10
- cultic 10
- cumuli 10
- curium 10
- occult 10
- colour 8
- lictor 8
- octroi 8
- ormolu 8
- rumour 8
- toluic 8
- tumour 8
- tumuli 8
- ultimo 8
- cyclo 12
- cymol 12
- cocci 11
- comic 11
- cooly 10
- curly 10
- curry 10
- lyric 10
- lytic 10
- milty 10
- moory 10
- murry 10
- octyl 10
- roomy 10
- colic 9
- croci 9
- locum 9
- micro 9
- mucor 9
- mucro 9
- mulct 9
- occur 9
- lorry 8
- loury 8
- roily 8
- rooty 8
- truly 8
- cloot 7
- clour 7
- clout 7
- color 7
- court 7
- cruor 7
- culti 7
- curio 7
- lotic 7
- molto 7
- morro 7
- motor 7
- moult 7
- oculi 7
- rumor 7
- toric 7
- tumor 7
- lirot 5
- rotor 5
- triol 5
- city 9
- cloy 9
- coly 9
- cory 9
- limy 9
- miry 9
- mity 9
- moly 9
- rimy 9
- coco 8
- corm 8
- croc 8
- culm 8
- lory 7
- oily 7
- ruly 7
- ryot 7
- tory 7
- toyo 7
- troy 7
- tyro 7
- yirr 7
- your 7
- yurt 7
- clot 6
- coil 6
- coir 6
- colt 6
- cool 6
- coot 6
- cult 6
- curl 6
- curr 6
- curt 6
- limo 6
- loci 6
- loco 6
- loom 6
- milo 6
- milt 6
- moil 6