minim
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When minim helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
I M N
Two-Letter Start
MI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IM
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 3 unique letters
- MI start
- IM ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- minim is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, m, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2, M x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The IM ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 3 published Daily snapshots.
Pronunciation
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.