salient

/seɪliənt/ adjectivenoun
7 letters3 syllables7 points in Scrabble®9 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
ADJECTIVE
1

Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.

“salient traits”

2

Represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward).

NOUN
1

(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy.

OTHER
1

(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees.

WORD FORMS
Related formsalience
Related formsaliency
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®9 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
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Starts & ends withS … T
Syllablessa · li · ent
SYNONYMS & RELATED9
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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