Dictionary Entry
scarce
scarce is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
- 2superlative
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
- 3superlative
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
- 4adverb
Alt. of Scarcely
- 5adjective
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
- 6adverb
only a very short time before- W.B.Yeats
"they could barely hear the speaker"
"we hardly knew them"
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