The word periphrastic is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary.
  • periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
  • periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ARE BY CHARACTERIZED CIRCUMLOCUTORY ENTITY EXPRESSED GRAMMAR IN INDIRECT MORE NAMING NECESSARY PERIPHRASIS THAN WORDS

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AS ER PE PER PERI RAS RAST RIP ST TI TIC

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AR CIT CITS IRE IT ITS PI PIR RE REP SAR TSAR

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PERIPHRASTICAL

Scrabble scoring

  • 21 points.

Other languages

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.)
  • No anagrams can be formed with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word and an extra letter.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

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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