salaryman
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 9
/ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/
Definition of salaryman
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.
“In this way, the salaryman was both a progressive social stratum and an intellectual class.”
“2017 May 30, NTT Solmare, Moe! Ninja Girls, Season 6 Chapter 2, iOS and Android ― Yamabuki: “Okay... *Sigh*... I thought l'd get to go home and sleep after taking the Principal back...but here I am, still at it, like an overworked salaryman!” ― John: “What? Salaryman?””
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Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from salary + man.
Words you can make from salaryman
129 playable · top: LAYMAN (11 pts)
Best play layman 11 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
30 words- AMYLS 10 pts
- MANLY 10 pts
- MARLY 10 pts
- MAYAN 10 pts
- MAYAS 10 pts
- MYLAR 10 pts
- MYNAS 10 pts
- ALARY 8 pts
- ARYLS 8 pts
- ASYLA 8 pts
- NYALA 8 pts
- RAYAS 8 pts
- YARNS 8 pts
- ALARM 7 pts
- ALMAS 7 pts
- LAMAS 7 pts
- MAARS 7 pts
- MALAR 7 pts
- MANAS 7 pts
- MARAS 7 pts
- MARLS 7 pts
- RAMAL 7 pts
- ALANS 5 pts
- ANLAS 5 pts
- ASANA 5 pts
- LARNS 5 pts
- NALAS 5 pts
- NASAL 5 pts
- SARAN 5 pts
- SNARL 5 pts
4-letter words
41 words- AMYL 9 pts
- ARMY 9 pts
- MANY 9 pts
- MAYA 9 pts
- MAYS 9 pts
- MYNA 9 pts
- YAMS 9 pts
- ARYL 7 pts
- LAYS 7 pts
- NARY 7 pts
- NAYS 7 pts
- RAYA 7 pts
- RAYS 7 pts
- RYAS 7 pts
- SLAY 7 pts
- YARN 7 pts
- ALMA 6 pts
- ALMS 6 pts
- AMAS 6 pts
- ARMS 6 pts
- LAMA 6 pts
- LAMS 6 pts
- MAAR 6 pts
- MANA 6 pts
- MANS 6 pts
- MARA 6 pts
- MARL 6 pts
- MARS 6 pts
- MASA 6 pts
- RAMS 6 pts
- SLAM 6 pts
- AALS 4 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
- ALAR 4 pts
- ALAS 4 pts
- ANAL 4 pts
- ANAS 4 pts
- ANSA 4 pts
- LARN 4 pts
- LARS 4 pts
- NALA 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- MAY 8 pts
- YAM 8 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- SLY 6 pts
- SYN 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MAS 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- AAS 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SAN 3 pts
2-letter words
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