Scrabble & Words with friends points
- periphrastic is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 21
- periphrastic is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 21
- periphrastic is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 23
Definition of periphrastic
- roundabout and unnecessarily wordy (adjective)
Examples
- A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.
Synonyms
- ambagious
- circumlocutious
- circumlocutory
See definition of periphrastic in Merriam Webster