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Is salient a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word salient is a Scrabble US word. The word salient is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is salient a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word salient is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is salient a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word salient is a Words With Friends word. The word salient is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (9 found)

EASTLIN,ELASTIN,ENTAILS,NAILSET,SALIENT,SALTINE,SLAINTE,STANIEL,TENAILS,

6-letter words (24 found)

ALIENS,ALINES,ELAINS,ELINTS,ENLIST,ENTAIL,INLETS,INSTAL,INTELS,LATENS,LIANES,LISTEN,SALINE,SALTIE,SEITAN,SILANE,SILENT,STELAI,TENAIL,TENIAS,TINEAL,TINEAS,TINSEL,TISANE,

5-letter words (82 found)

AISLE,ALIEN,ALINE,ALIST,ANILE,ANILS,ANISE,ANTES,ANTIS,ELAIN,ELANS,ELINT,ELSIN,ENLIT,ENTIA,ETNAS,INLET,INSET,INTEL,ISLET,ISNAE,ISTLE,LANES,LANTS,LATEN,LEANS,LEANT,LEAST,LEATS,LENIS,LENTI,LIANE,LIENS,LINES,LINTS,LITAS,LITES,NAILS,NATES,NATIS,NEALS,NEATS,NEIST,NELIS,NITES,SAINE,SAINT,SALET,SATIN,SENTI,SETAL,SIENT,SILEN,SLAIN,SLANE,SLANT,SLATE,SNAIL,STAIN,STALE,STANE,STEAL,STEAN,STEIL,STEIN,STELA,STILE,TAELS,TAILS,TAINS,TALES,TEALS,TEILS,TEINS,TELIA,TENIA,TESLA,TIANS,TILES,TINAS,TINEA,TINES,

4-letter words (114 found)

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3-letter words (66 found)

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2-letter words (23 found)

AE,AI,AL,AN,AS,AT,EA,EL,EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,LA,LI,NA,NE,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 319 words from salient according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of salient

salient

Etymology

The heraldic sense “leaping” and the sense “projecting outward” are borrowed from Latin salientem, the accusative form of saliēns (“springing, leaping”), present participle of saliō (“leap, spring”, verb). The senses “prominent” and “pertinent” are relatively recent, and derive from the phrase salient point, which is a calque of the Latin punctum saliēns, a translation of Aristotle's term for the embryonal heart visible in (opened) eggs, which he thought seemed to move already. Compare also the German calque der springende Punkt.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.li.ənt/, /ˈseɪ.ljənt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsæɪ.li.ənt/, /ˈsæɪ.ljənt/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lient

Adjective

salient (comparative more salient, superlative most salient)

  1. Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
    Synonyms: pertinent, relevant; see also Thesaurus:pertinent
  2. Prominent; conspicuous.
    Antonyms: obscure, trivial
  3. (heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.
  4. (often military) Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
  5. (obsolete) Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
  6. (obsolete) Shooting or springing out; projecting.
  7. (geometry) Denoting any angle less than two right angles.

Derived terms

  • countersalient
  • salient point

Related terms

  • salience
  • saliency

Translations

Noun

salient (plural salients)

  2. (military) An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
  3. (geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.
    Hyponym: panhandle
    Coordinate terms: enclave, exclave
  4. (geology) An overall-convex, protruding section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
    Antonym: recess

Derived terms

  • salient pole

Related terms

  • sally (cognate; both of these military terms come from a verb meaning "to leap forth", but in different ways)

Translations

Anagrams

  • Latines, alestin, elastin, entails, nail set, nailest, nailset, saltine, staniel, stealin', tselina

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.li.ent/, [ˈs̠älʲiɛn̪t̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.li.ent/, [ˈsäːlien̪t̪]

Verb

salient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of saliō

Source: wiktionary.org