9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
adjective having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
adjective conspicuous in position or importance
originFrom obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0