PERIPHRASTIC
A 12-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble.
p 3 e 1 r 1 i 1 p 3 h 4 r 1 a 1 s 1 t 1 i 1 c 3
- Length
- 12
- Scrabble
- 21 pts
- Sorted letters
- acehiipprrst
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of PERIPHRASTIC
- 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, circumlocutory, ambagious
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within PERIPHRASTIC
399 words can be made from any subset of the letters in PERIPHRASTIC.
- archpriest 17
- parritches 17
- triarchies 15
- chippiest 18
- epitaphic 18
- chapiters 16
- chirpiest 16
- crappiest 15
- pericarps 15
- prescript 15
- scrappier 15
- charities 14
- charriest 14
- phratries 14
- starchier 14
- chippers 17
- chippier 17
- chippies 17
- aspheric 15
- chapiter 15
- chapters 15
- chirpers 15
- chirpier 15
- epitaphs 15
- happiest 15
- hepatics 15
- hippiest 15
- parchesi 15
- parchisi 15
- parritch 15
- pastiche 15
- patchers 15
- patchier 15
- phratric 15
- phreatic 15
- pistache 15
- pitchers 15
- pitchier 15
- precrash 15
- sapphire 15
- seraphic 15
- crappers 14
- crappier 14
- crappies 14
- epicarps 14
- papistic 14
- pericarp 14
- scrapper 14
- chariest 13
- charters 13
- christie 13
- hieratic 13
- rachitis 13
- recharts 13
- theriacs 13
- triphase 13
- appriser 12
- crispate 12
- crispier 12
- paretics 12
- periapts 12
- perisarc 12
- picrates 12
- picrites 12
- piracies 12
- practise 12
- priciest 12
- rescript 12
- scripter 12
- strapper 12
- stripper 12
- trappers 12
- trippers 12
- trippier 12
- hairiest 11
- shirtier 11
- trashier 11
- airstrip 10
- criteria 10
- erratics 10
- parities 10
- partiers 10
- prairies 10
- stripier 10
- rarities 8
- chipper 16
- chippie 16
- sapphic 16
- schappe 16
- aphetic 14
- ceriphs 14
- chapter 14
- chirper 14
- ciphers 14
- eparchs 14
- epitaph 14
- happier 14
- hepatic 14
- hepcats 14
- hippest 14
- hippier 14
- hippies 14
- pachisi 14
- parches 14
- patcher 14
- patches 14
- perhaps 14
- pitcher 14
- pitches 14
- repatch 14
- shipper 14
- spathic 14
- spheric 14
- cappers 13
- crapper 13
- crappie 13
- epicarp 13
- peptics 13
- priapic 13
- achiest 12