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SALIENT
Definition of SALIENT
adjective
Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
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Where it comes from
The heraldic sense “leaping” and the sense “projecting outward” are borrowed from Latin salientem, the accusative form of saliēns (“springing, leaping”) (whence -ent), 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.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SALIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 76 boards so far. 287 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SALIENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SALIEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found SALIENT?
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