min-max

American  

[min-maks] / ˈmɪnˌmæks /

verb (used with object)

min-maxed, min-maxing

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.

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Etymology

Origin of min-max

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

Example Sentences

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min-max min-maxing

A min-max thermometer records high and low temperatures, valuable information for winter freezes and tracking our ever-warming summers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022

It isn’t overlevelling your characters, min-maxing, getting the best weapons or ‘rescuing the princess’ that destroys evil.

From Forbes ● Sep. 1, 2014

I’m confident I can scramble my way to all 366 books, though I may need to break my min-maxing vow and ask my wife for help with the laundry.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2012