periphrasis is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE)

The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
(linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
• Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".
(rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).

periphrasis is a Scrabble valid word

periphrasis

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
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periphrasis is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

periphrasis

• The word is valid in iScramble ✔
• The word is valid in QuickWords ✔
• 00 points

Same letters words (Anagrams)

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Same letters plus one

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Same letters minus one

• EPIPHRASIS