Definition of circumlocutory

"circumlocutory" in the adjective sense

1. circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy (`ambagious' is archaic)

"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"

"A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot

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circumlocutory in Scrabble®

The word circumlocutory is playable in Scrabble®, but 1 blank substituting for the letter 'c' is required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters circumlocutory:

CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(234)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

courtly, mycolic, mycotic, oocytic, turmoil

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word circumlocutory

CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(234)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(234)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(216)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(216)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(216)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(207)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(144)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(144)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(144)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(138)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(96)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(92)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(92)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(40)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(40)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(40)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(38)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(32)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(32)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(28)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(28)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(28)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(28)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(28)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(25)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In circumlocutory

CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(234)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(234)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(216)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(216)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(216)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(207)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(144)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(144)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(144)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(138)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(120)
MYCOTIC
(114 = 64 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(114 = 64 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(110 = 60 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(110 = 60 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
MYCOLIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(106 = 56 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
OOCYTIC
(104 = 54 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(104)
OOCYTIC
(104 = 54 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
COURTLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
COURTLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(96)
OOCYTIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
COURTLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(92)
OOCYTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(92)
OOCYTIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
COURTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
COURTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
COURTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
COURTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
COURTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
COURTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
MYCOTIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(88 = 38 + 50)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(88)
MYCOLIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURMOIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURMOIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
COURTLY
(86 = 36 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TURMOIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
COURTLY
(84 = 34 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
COURTLY
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
COURTLY
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
COURTLY
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(82 = 32 + 50)
TURMOIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
TURMOIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
TURMOIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
TURMOIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
COURTLY
(80 = 30 + 50)
COURTLY
(80 = 30 + 50)
TURMOIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
TURMOIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
COURTLY
(78 = 28 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
COURTLY
(78 = 28 + 50)
COURTLY
(78 = 28 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
COURTLY
(78 = 28 + 50)
TURMOIL
(77 = 27 + 50)
COURTLY
(76 = 26 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
COURTLY
(76 = 26 + 50)
COURTLY
(76 = 26 + 50)
COURTLY
(76 = 26 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(75 = 25 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(75 = 25 + 50)
COURTLY
(74 = 24 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
COURTLY
(74 = 24 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
COURTLY
(74 = 24 + 50)
COURTLY
(74 = 24 + 50)
COURTLY
(74 = 24 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 23 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(73 = 23 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
TURMOIL
(72 = 22 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
TURMOIL
(72 = 22 + 50)
TURMOIL
(72 = 22 + 50)
TURMOIL
(72 = 22 + 50)
TURMOIL
(72 = 22 + 50)
TURMOIL
(72 = 22 + 50)
COURTLY
(72 = 22 + 50)
OOCYTIC
(71 = 21 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(71 = 21 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 21 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(71 = 21 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 21 + 50)
TURMOIL
(70 = 20 + 50)
TURMOIL
(70 = 20 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
TURMOIL
(70 = 20 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
COURTLY
(70 = 20 + 50)
COURTLY
(70 = 20 + 50)
TURMOIL
(70 = 20 + 50)
COURTLY
(70 = 20 + 50)
MYCOLIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
TURMOIL
(70 = 20 + 50)
MYCOTIC
(70 = 20 + 50)

circumlocutory in Words With Friends™

The word circumlocutory is playable in Words With Friends™, but 1 blank substituting for the letter 'c' is required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 27

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters circumlocutory:

CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(351)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(351)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

courtly, mycolic, mycotic, oocytic, turmoil

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word circumlocutory

CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(351)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(351)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(333)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(333)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(333)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(279)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(222)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(222)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(186)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(186)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(186)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(174)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(124)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(39)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(39)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(38)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(38)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(38)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(35)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(35)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(35)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(34)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(31)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(30)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In circumlocutory

CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(351)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(351)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(333)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(333)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(333)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(279)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(222)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(222)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(186)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(186)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(186)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(174)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(156)
MYCOLIC
(140 = 105 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(137 = 102 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(128 = 93 + 35)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(124)
MYCOTIC
(119 = 84 + 35)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
MYCOLIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(116)
MYCOLIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
COURTLY
(113 = 78 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(111 = 76 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(111 = 76 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(111 = 76 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(110 = 75 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(110 = 75 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(110 = 75 + 35)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
(108)
TURMOIL
(107 = 72 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
COURTLY
(101 = 66 + 35)
COURTLY
(101 = 66 + 35)
TURMOIL
(101 = 66 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
COURTLY
(95 = 60 + 35)
TURMOIL
(95 = 60 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
TURMOIL
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OOCYTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
COURTLY
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MYCOTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CUMULI
(93)
COURTLY
(91 = 56 + 35)
COURTLY
(91 = 56 + 35)
COURTLY
(91 = 56 + 35)
CYCLIC
(90)
MYCOLIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
COURTLY
(89 = 54 + 35)
TURMOIL
(89 = 54 + 35)
COURTLY
(89 = 54 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(85 = 50 + 35)
TURMOIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
TURMOIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
TURMOIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
TURMOIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
COURTLY
(83 = 48 + 35)
TURMOIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
TURMOIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
COURTLY
(83 = 48 + 35)
COURTLY
(83 = 48 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(81 = 46 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(81 = 46 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(81 = 46 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(81 = 46 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(81 = 46 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(81 = 46 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(79 = 44 + 35)
COURTLY
(79 = 44 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(79 = 44 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(79 = 44 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(79 = 44 + 35)
OUTCRY
(78)
CYCLIC
(78)
CYCLIC
(78)
TRIMLY
(78)
CULTIC
(78)
MYCOLIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
TURMOIL
(77 = 42 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
TURMOIL
(77 = 42 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(75 = 40 + 35)
COURTLY
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MYCOTIC
(75 = 40 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(75 = 40 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(73 = 38 + 35)
CURIUM
(72)
OCCULT
(72)
CULTIC
(72)
MYOTIC
(72)
MYOTIC
(72)
CURIUM
(72)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 36 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 36 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 36 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 36 + 35)
COURTLY
(71 = 36 + 35)
COURTLY
(71 = 36 + 35)
COURTLY
(71 = 36 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 36 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 36 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(71 = 36 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(70 = 35 + 35)
CUMULI
(69)
CUMULI
(69)
COURTLY
(69 = 34 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(69 = 34 + 35)
MYCOTIC
(69 = 34 + 35)
COLOUR
(69)
OOCYTIC
(69 = 34 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(69 = 34 + 35)
CURTLY
(69)
OOCYTIC
(69 = 34 + 35)
COURTLY
(67 = 32 + 35)
COURTLY
(67 = 32 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(67 = 32 + 35)
COURTLY
(67 = 32 + 35)
COURTLY
(67 = 32 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(67 = 32 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(67 = 32 + 35)
TURMOIL
(67 = 32 + 35)
TURMOIL
(67 = 32 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(67 = 32 + 35)
OCCULT
(66)
CYCLIC
(66)
CYCLIC
(66)
CYCLIC
(66)
MYCOLIC
(66 = 31 + 35)
MYCOLIC
(66 = 31 + 35)
CYCLIC
(66)
CYCLIC
(66)
CYCLIC
(66)
COMIC
(66)
CYMOL
(66)
MYOTIC
(66)
OCCULT
(66)
COMIC
(66)
CULTIC
(66)
CULTIC
(66)
CYCLIC
(66)
MYCOLIC
(66 = 31 + 35)
OOCYTIC
(66 = 31 + 35)
MYOTIC
(66)
MYCOLIC
(66 = 31 + 35)
CYCLIC
(66)
CURIUM
(66)
CURIUM
(66)

Words within the letters of circumlocutory

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7 letter words in circumlocutory (5 words)

8 letter words in circumlocutory (1 word)

9 letter words in circumlocutory (1 word)

14 letter words in circumlocutory (1 word)

Words containing the sequence circumlocutory

Words that start with circumlocutory (1 word)

Words with circumlocutory in them (1 word)

Words that end with circumlocutory (1 word)

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