minuscule
NOUNADJECTIVE
/mɪnə,skjul/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH M
minuscule is a valid 9-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3I1N1U1S1C3U1L1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does minuscule mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
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BROADER
2
A small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts.
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RELATED
ADJECTIVE · 3 SENSES
1
Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries.
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2
Lowercase.
“e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters”
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3
Extremely small.
“a minuscule kitchen”
“a minuscule amount of rain fell”
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