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PERIPHRASTIC
Periphrastic (adjective) — roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ; -T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic).
“had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression”
Periphrastic is a valid 12-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble (and Words With Friends letter values vary). Below are its anagrams and the shorter words hidden inside it.
Anagrams of PERIPHRASTIC
No anagrams — the letters ACEHIIPPRRST only spell this word.
Words made from the letters in PERIPHRASTIC
6 × 10-letter words
20 × 9-letter words
86 × 8-letter words
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174 × 7-letter words
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266 × 6-letter words
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48 × 5-letter words
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