minimum
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When minimum helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
I M N U
Two-Letter Start
MI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UM
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 4 unique letters
- MI start
- UM ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- minimum is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include i, m, n, u plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (M x3, I x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The UM ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the MI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
The lowest limit.
"We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time."
noun
The smallest amount.
"He always tries to get away with doing the minimum."
noun
A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
"The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth."
noun
A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
noun
The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
adjective
To the lowest degree.