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PERIPHRASED
Definition of PERIPHRASED
verb
simple past and past participle of periphrase
noun
The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
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Word DNA
PERIPHRASED inherits its ancestry from its root, PERIPHRASE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERIPHRASE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERIPHRASED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERIPHRASED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHIPPRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, E and R appear more than once.
Words that start PERIPHR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERIPHRASED?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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