Definitions For Circumlocution
noun
- An indirect way of expressing something
- A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- The use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly by using fewer words
Is Circumlocutions a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
NO
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
NO
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
NO
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
23
Words with Friends
31
The word Circumlocution is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Circumlocution in a Sentence
- He was criticized for his use of circumlocution.
- I'm trying to avoid circumlocutions in my writing.