The word 
is a valid scrabble word, except in North America
3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)
- periphrase n. (Rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect…
- periphrase v. (Transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
- periphrase v. (Intransitive) To use circumlocution.
20 valid words from 3 definitions
ARE BY CIRCUMLOCUTION EXPRESS IDEA INDIRECT INTRANSITIVE MORE NECESSARY OF OR PERIPHRASE RHETORIC ROUNDABOUT THAN THE TO TRANSITIVE USE WORDS
9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)
AS ER PE PER PERI PHRASE RAS RASE RIP
8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)
2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
4 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)
+D PERIPHRASED
+G EPIGRAPHERS
+L PERIPHERALS
+S PERIPHRASES
One anagram minus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)
-A RESHIPPER
Scrabble scoring
- 17 points.
Other languages
- Valid: French
- Invalid: German Spanish Italian Romanian
- (In French) PÉRIPHRASE n.f. Rhét. Expression d’une notion par plusieurs mots au lieu d’un seul.
- (In French) PÉRIPHRASER v. (p.p.inv.) [cj. aimer].
Categories without words
- No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
- No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
- No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
- No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
- Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
- No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)
Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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