Answer to "Mere handful" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WISP , but the solution may also be FEW which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in Newsday).

Mere handful crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WISP	83 %	4
FEW	17 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mere handful

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

• paltry
• measly
• scant
• scanty
• sparse
• scantily
• spare
• scarce
• stingy
• short
• paucity
• tight

Crossword Answer definitions

WISP noun

1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
2. A whisk, or small broom.
3. A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
4. An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
5. A disease affecting the feet of cattle.

WISP verb

1. To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
2. To rumple.
3. To produce a wisp, as of smoke.

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 WISP

• Fleeting trace
• SmaIl bunch of straw
• Bit of a smoke screen?
• Bit of smoke
• Thin tuft
• Will-o'-the-___
• Bit of hair
• Small handful, as of straw
• Smoke trace
• Streaky emanation

More clues leading to the result FEW

• "A __ Good Men"
• Not many
• Limited number
• USMC poster word
• Hardly any
• A handful
• A limited number of
• Handful
• Precious amount?
• Small handful