circumlocutious

ADJECTIVE
15 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C

circumlocutious is a valid 15-letter word worth 23 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3I1R1C3U1M3L1O1C3U1T1I1O1U1S1
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =23 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 46TRIPLE WORD → 69
MEANING

What does circumlocutious mean?

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.

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

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