Word reference

minutia

/maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

7 letters9 points4 vowels · 3 consonants

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minutia is a 7-letter word worth 9 points. It contains 144 shorter words.

What does minutia mean?

Plain-language senses for players, solvers, and learners.

noun

a small or minor detail

he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code

noun

(biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.

The major minutia features of fingerprint ridges are ridge ending, bifurcation, and short ridge (or dot).

Full rearrangements that use every letter.

Shorter words hiding in these letters — take them to the solvers.

144 shorter words can be made from these letters.