MINUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MINUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MINUTE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MINUTE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MINUTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MINUTE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MINUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about MINUTE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MINUTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The standard unit of time made up of sixty seconds, used to measure short spans such as waits, appointments, and daily schedules.
A minute is one of the most familiar units of time, used constantly in speech to describe short waits and appointments, as in "wait a minute" or "the meeting starts in ten minutes". The very same spelling also serves as an adjective, pronounced differently, meaning extremely small or precise, as in a minute detail; the two uses share a Latin root meaning "made small" but behave as separate words in speech. Minute is also used as a verb meaning to record something officially, which is why the written record of a meeting is called the minutes.
How MINUTE is used
Countable noun in ordinary time expressions; stress and pronunciation shift completely for the unrelated adjective sense meaning "tiny".
- The bus should arrive in about five minutes.
- She finished the puzzle in under a minute.
- Please give me one minute to finish this call.
- The recipe says to boil the eggs for exactly ten minutes.
- Every minute counted as the rescue team searched the wreck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MINUTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MINUTE
The 6 tiles of MINUTE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with MINUTE
9 longer words begin with MINUTE.
Shorter words from the letters in MINUTE
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Common questions about MINUTE
- Is MINUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MINUTE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MINUTE worth?
- MINUTE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MINUTE mean?
- The standard unit of time made up of sixty seconds, used to measure short spans such as waits, appointments, and daily schedules.
- What letters can be added to MINUTE?
- MINUTE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MINUTE:
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