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Yes. The word circumlocution is a Scrabble US word. The word circumlocution is worth 22 points in Scrabble:

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Is circumlocution a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word circumlocution is a Scrabble UK word and has 22 points:

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Yes. The word circumlocution is a Words With Friends word. The word circumlocution is worth 30 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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14-letter words (1 found)

CIRCUMLOCUTION,

10-letter words (1 found)

CORNICULUM,

9-letter words (2 found)

COUNCILOR,UNICOLOUR,

8-letter words (14 found)

CLITORIC,CONTROUL,CORONIUM,COUNTROL,CROTONIC,CURCULIO,CURCUMIN,INOCULUM,LOCUTION,MIRLITON,NITROLIC,NOCTILIO,UNICOLOR,UTRICULI,

7-letter words (31 found)

CIRCUIT,COCONUT,COCTION,COITION,COLICIN,COLITIC,COLONIC,CONCOCT,CONTOUR,CONTROL,CORNUTO,CORTILI,COULOIR,COUNCIL,CROUTON,LINOCUT,MICTION,MONITOR,MOONLIT,MORONIC,MOTORIC,NORITIC,OMICRON,OOLITIC,ORCINOL,RUCTION,TIRONIC,TORULIN,TROMINO,TURMOIL,UNCOMIC,

6-letter words (71 found)

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5-letter words (93 found)

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4-letter words (147 found)

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3-letter words (80 found)

CIT,COL,CON,COO,COR,COT,CRU,CUM,CUR,CUT,ION,LIN,LIT,LOO,LOR,LOT,LOU,LUM,LUN,LUR,MIC,MIL,MIR,MOC,MOI,MOL,MON,MOO,MOR,MOT,MOU,MUN,MUT,NIL,NIM,NIT,NOM,NOO,NOR,NOT,NUR,NUT,OIL,OLM,ONO,OOM,OON,OOR,OOT,ORC,ORT,OUR,OUT,RIM,RIN,RIT,ROC,ROM,ROO,ROT,RUC,RUM,RUN,RUT,TIC,TIL,TIN,TOC,TOM,TON,TOO,TOR,TUI,TUM,TUN,ULU,UMU,UNI,URN,UTU,

2-letter words (22 found)

IN,IO,IT,LI,LO,MI,MO,MU,NO,NU,OI,OM,ON,OO,OR,OU,TI,TO,UM,UN,UR,UT,

You can make 462 words from circumlocution according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of circumlocution

circumlocution

Etymology

From Latin circumlocūtiō (“the act of speaking around; circumlocution, periphrasis”). By surface analysis, circum- (“around”) +‎ locution (“talk”), thus "getting around (a problem) in speaking or writing". Probably a calque of Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɝkəmləˈkjuʃən/
  • Rhymes: -uːʃən
  • Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧lo‧cu‧tion

Noun

circumlocution (countable and uncountable, plural circumlocutions)

  1. (uncountable) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:
    1. (uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
    2. (uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
  2. (countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.

Synonyms

  • ambages
  • periphrasis

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pleonasm

Translations

See also

  • beat around the bush
  • go around the houses
  • euphemism
  • mince words, mince matters
  • equivocation (the use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading)
  • evasive (tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
  • prevarication (evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness)
  • hedge (to avoid verbal commitment)
  • waffle (to speak or write vaguely and evasively; to speak or write at length without any clear point or aim)

Source: wiktionary.org