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Is silens a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word silens is a Scrabble US word. The word silens is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1I1L1E1N1S1

Is silens a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word silens is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1I1L1E1N1S1

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6-letter words (2 found)

ELSINS,SILENS,

5-letter words (14 found)

ELSIN,ISLES,LENIS,LIENS,LINES,NELIS,NISSE,SEILS,SENSI,SIENS,SILEN,SILES,SINES,SNIES,

4-letter words (20 found)

ISLE,LEIS,LENS,LESS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,NESS,NIES,NILS,SEIL,SEIS,SELS,SENS,SIEN,SIES,SILE,SINE,SINS,

3-letter words (17 found)

ELS,ENS,ESS,INS,LEI,LES,LIE,LIN,LIS,NIE,NIL,NIS,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIN,SIS,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EN,ES,IN,IS,LI,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from silens according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of silens

silens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of sileō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.lens/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ẽːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.lens/, [ˈsiːlens]

Participle

silēns (genitive silentis, adverb silenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. resting, ceasing, remaining silent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • English: silent
  • French: silence
  • Italian: silente

References

  • “silens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “silens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • silens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

silens

  1. Alternative form of silence

Swedish

Noun

silens

  1. definite genitive singular of sil

Anagrams

  • Lisens

Source: wiktionary.org