MINIM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MINIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MINIM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MINIM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MINIM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MINIM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MINIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What stands out about MINIM
- MINIM is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- MINIM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MINIM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of liquid measure equal to about one drop, traditionally reckoned as one sixtieth of a fluid dram.
Apothecaries once used the minim to measure very small doses of medicine before metric units became standard in pharmacy. The word is also used in British music for a note worth two crotchets, equivalent to what American musicians call a half note, and in calligraphy for a short downward stroke shared by letters such as i, m, n, and u. Although the pharmacy sense has faded with the move to metric dosing, the musical sense of minim remains part of everyday music education in Britain.
How MINIM is used
Technical term now mostly historical in pharmacy, though the musical sense remains in current use in British English.
- The old prescription called for ten minims of tincture.
- A minim in music lasts twice as long as a crotchet.
- The apothecary measured the dose in careful minims.
- Each letter n in the manuscript was formed from two minims.
- The score was filled with minims and long, sustained notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MINIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MINIM
Showing 24 of 48 words that begin with MINIM.
Words with MINIM inside
3 words contain MINIM in the middle. Words that start with MINIM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MINIM
Common questions about MINIM
- Is MINIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MINIM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MINIM worth?
- MINIM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MINIM mean?
- A unit of liquid measure equal to about one drop, traditionally reckoned as one sixtieth of a fluid dram.
- What letters can be added to MINIM?
- MINIM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MINIM:
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