Minor
/ˈmaɪnɚ/
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Minor
noun
- A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.
"It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen."
- A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
"I became an English minor."
- Determinant of a square submatrix
- (British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).
- A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.
verb
- To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
"I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it."
adjective
- Of little significance or importance.
"The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment."
- Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
"a minor scale"
- Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
Anagrams of Minor
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
m3
i1
n1
o1
r1
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Minor
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Minor"
Minor is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Minor" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "minor" is a low-scoring word.