min-max

[ min-maks ]

verb (used with object)

, min-maxed, min-max·ing.

1. (in a video game or role-playing game) to optimize (a character) by assigning all, or nearly all, skill points to the ability essential to that character’s success in a specified role and environment, and no points to other skills, rather than distributing skill points more evenly across attributes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of min-max¹

First recorded in 2005–10; min(imum) ( def ) + max(imum) ( def )