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

p3e1r1i1p3h4r1a1s1i1s1

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
• 18 points

periphrasis is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

p1e2r3i4p5h6r7a8s9i10s11

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

Same letters words (Anagrams)

• none

Same letters plus one

• none

Same letters minus one

• EPIPHRASIS