periphrastic
Periphrastic is also used as adjective, with meanings including roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
Length
12
Scrabble
21
WWF
23
Starts
PE
Ends
TIC
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PERIPHRASTIC” Mean?
/ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik/
periphrastic has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseroundabout and unnecessarily wordy
“had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression”
“{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion, / Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle / With words and meanings.'}”
Synonyms for PERIPHRASTIC
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
12
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
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Definition
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
Length
12 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
C
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Letters
P, E, R, I, P, H, R, A, S, T, I, C
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PERIPHRASTIC has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PERIPHRASTIC is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PERIPHRASTIC can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PERIPHRASTIC contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDAECFGHDI
CV Pattern
CVCVCCCVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
PE, ER, RI, IP, PH, HR, RA, AS, ST, TI, IC
Trigrams
PER, ERI, RIP, IPH, PHR, HRA, RAS, AST, STI, TIC
Crossword Intelligence
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