MINIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MINIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MINIUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MINIUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MINIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
miniumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MINIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MINIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What stands out about MINIUM
- MINIUM 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 MINIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A bright red oxide of lead, known as red lead, used as a pigment and in rust-proof paint.
Minium is a heavy orange-red powder made by heating lead, and it has coloured manuscripts and painted walls since antiquity. Medieval scribes used it for initial letters, and the word miniature descends from the same source, since small painted pictures were first outlined with this red. It is poisonous, so modern paints have largely abandoned it.
How MINIUM is used
A technical and historical term in painting, glassmaking and metallurgy.
- The scribe outlined each capital letter in minium.
- Iron girders were once coated with minium against rust.
- Traces of minium turned up in the old wall painting.
- Minium is toxic and must be handled with care.
- The glassmaker added a little minium to the mix.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MINIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MINIUM
1 longer words begin with MINIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in MINIUM
Common questions about MINIUM
- Is MINIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MINIUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MINIUM worth?
- MINIUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MINIUM mean?
- A bright red oxide of lead, known as red lead, used as a pigment and in rust-proof paint.
- What letters can be added to MINIUM?
- MINIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MINIUM:
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