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MINIMUM

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What MINIMUM Means

  1. noun: the smallest possible quantity
  2. noun: the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
  3. adjective: the least possible“needed to enforce minimal standards”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MINIMUM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 I1 N1 I1 M3 U1 M3.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In MINIMUM

18 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (1)

4 letter words (3)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (7)

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