Answer to "Barely sufficient" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCANT , but the solution may also be SCANTY which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).

Barely sufficient crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SCANT	65 %	5
SCANTY	15 %	6
MEAGER	10 %	6
SKIMPY	6 %	6
MERE	2 %	4
JUSTENOUGH	2 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Barely sufficient

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• scant
• meager
• sparse
• scarce
• short
• spare
• scanty
• paucity
• meagerly
• tight
• meagrely
• exiguous

Crossword Answer definitions

SCANT adjective

1. Very little, very few.
2. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
3. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

SCANT verb

1. To limit in amount or share; to stint.
2. To fail, or become less; to scantle.

SCANT noun

1. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
2. A sheet of stone.
3. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

SCANT noun

1. Scarcity; lack.

SCANT adverb

1. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SCANT

• Meager
• Barely adequate
• Barely sufficient
• Marginally enough
• Mere
• Barely enough
• Few and far between
• Grudging, as attention
• Limited
• In short supply

More clues leading to the result SCANTY

• Meager
• Sparse
• Insufficient
• Barely adequate
• Like a string bikini
• Minimal
• Like some beachwear
• Like some bathing suits
• Meager; sparse
• Barely sufficient

More clues leading to the result MEAGER

• Scant
• Slim
• Barely sufficient
• INADEQUATE
• Piddling
• Too little
• Scanty
• Lean
• Like slim pickings
• Unsubstantial

More clues leading to the result SKIMPY

• Barely sufficient
• Like many a bikini
• Like a revealing bathing suit
• Not covering much
• Like Speedos
• Too thrifty
• Far from generous
• Meager
• Revealing, in a way
• Revealing lots of skin

More clues leading to the result MERE

• Being nothing more than
• Insignificant
• Parisian parent
• Simple
• Small
• Bare
• Just
• Michel's mother
• Nothing but
• Nothing more than

More clues leading to the result JUSTENOUGH

• Barely sufficient