minor
adjective / noun / verb
Meaning
- adjectiveLesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
Example:
of minor importance
- nounA child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
Example:
No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.
- verbUsed in a phrasal verb: minor in.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #304 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 63% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None