peripheral
NOUNADJECTIVE
/pə'rɪfərəl/
10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
peripheral is a valid 10-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3E1R1I1P3H4E1R1A1L1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING
What does peripheral mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
Electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer.
“disk drives and printers are important peripherals”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1
On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area.
“Russia's peripheral provinces”
“peripheral suburbs”
ANTONYMS
SIMILAR
RELATED
2
Related to the key issue but not of central importance.
“a peripheral interest”
“energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy”
SIMILAR