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5 LETTERS5 POINTS[ˈmɪ.nɪm]

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I M N

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minim is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
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[ˈmɪ.nɪm]

noun
A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
noun
A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
noun
A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
noun
Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
"the minims of existence"
noun
The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
noun
A little man or being; a dwarf.
noun
A small fish; a minnow.
noun
A short poetical encomium.