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Is silent a Scrabble word?

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

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Is silent a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1I1L1E1N1T1

Is silent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word silent is a Words With Friends word. The word silent is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (7 found)

ELINTS,ENLIST,INLETS,INTELS,LISTEN,SILENT,TINSEL,

5-letter words (27 found)

ELINT,ELSIN,ENLIT,INLET,INSET,INTEL,ISLET,ISTLE,LENIS,LENTI,LIENS,LINES,LINTS,LITES,NEIST,NELIS,NITES,SENTI,SIENT,SILEN,STEIL,STEIN,STILE,TEILS,TEINS,TILES,TINES,

4-letter words (42 found)

ELTS,ENTS,ISLE,LEIS,LENS,LENT,LEST,LETS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,LINT,LIST,LITE,LITS,NEST,NETS,NIES,NILS,NITE,NITS,SEIL,SENT,SIEN,SILE,SILT,SINE,SITE,SLIT,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TEIL,TEIN,TELS,TENS,TIES,TILE,TILS,TINE,TINS,

3-letter words (31 found)

ELS,ELT,ENS,EST,INS,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIN,LIS,LIT,NET,NIE,NIL,NIS,NIT,SEI,SEL,SEN,SET,SIN,SIT,TEL,TEN,TES,TIE,TIL,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EL,EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,LI,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 121 words from silent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of silent

silent

Alternative forms

  • scilent (hypercorrect, obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪlənt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪlənt

Adjective

silent (comparative silenter or more silent, superlative silentest or most silent)

  1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
    • 1825, Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
      What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.
  2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
  3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
  4. (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
  5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
  6. (technology) With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
  7. (technology) Without audio capability.
  8. Hidden, unseen.
  9. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
  10. (genetics) Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
  11. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
  12. Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

Synonyms

  • (free from sound or noise): quiet; see also Thesaurus:silent
  • (not speaking; indisposed to talk): speechless, taciturn; see also Thesaurus:taciturn
  • (not speaking; mute): dumb, mute; see also Thesaurus:mute
  • (keeping at rest): dormant, still; see also Thesaurus:inactive
  • (not pronounced): mute, quiescent, servile
  • (hidden; unseen): concealed, invisible, occluded; see also Thesaurus:hidden

Derived terms

Related terms

  • silence
  • silentiary
  • silentious

Translations

Noun

silent (plural silents)

  1. (uncountable) That which is silent; a time of silence.
  2. A silent movie

Translations

Further reading

  • “silent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “silent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “silent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • ELINTs, Teslin, enlist, inlets, leints, lets in, listen, tinsel

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [siˈlen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [siˈlent]

Adjective

silent m or f (masculine and feminine plural silents)

  1. silent
    Synonym: silenciós

French

Verb

silent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of siler

Anagrams

  • lisent

Latin

Verb

silent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of sileō

Source: wiktionary.org