The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MEAGER which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Scant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MEAGER | 42 % | 6 |
| MERE | 22 % | 4 |
| SPARSE | 11 % | 6 |
| LEAN | 8 % | 4 |
| SLIM | 6 % | 4 |
| BAREBONES | 3 % | 9 |
| SPOTTY | 3 % | 6 |
| MEAGRE | 3 % | 6 |
| SPARE | 3 % | 5 |
Why may MEAGER be the right solution?
The word "scant" means limited or insufficient. The word "meager" also means limited or lacking in quantity or quality. Therefore, "meager" is the right solution because it is a synonym for "scant".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deficient
- insufficient
- short
- stint
- skimp
- light
- scanty
- scarce
- meager
- small
- miserly
- paltry
Crossword Answer definitions
MEAGER verb- To make lean.
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
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 MEAGER
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 SPARSE
- Few and far between
- Meager
- Hardly filled in
- Inadequate
- Widely scattered
- Hardly packed
- Thinly scattered
- Far from dense
- Scattered
- Thin
More clues leading to the result LEAN
- Like Spratt
- Like superior deli meat
- Low in fat, meatwise
- Deli order add-on
- "Lawrence of Arabia" director
- Bend away from the vertical
- Like Jack Sprat
- Rangy
- Sprat's preference
- "Ryan's Daughter" director
More clues leading to the result SLIM
- Actor Pickens
- Narrow of shape
- Pickens, the actor
- Lose it
- Willowy
- Fat free?
- Highly unlikely
- Nigh impossible
- Unlikely
- Carlos ___ (Mexican businessman who has a controlling interest in the New York Times)
More clues leading to the result BAREBONES
- Essentials
- Minimal necessary components
- No-frills
- Scant
- Minimum
- Unembellished
- Far from frilly
- No extras
- Absolute minimum
More clues leading to the result SPOTTY
- Uneven
- Inconsistent
- Having gaps, as coverage
- Erratic
- On-again, off-again
- Unpredictable
- With little regularity
- Sporadic
- Here and there
- Irregular
More clues leading to the result MEAGRE
- Scanty, in Ottawa
- Scanty, in Nova Scotia
- Scanty, in Sussex
- Thin, on the Thames
- Hardly sufficient, in England
- Lacking richness.
- Scanty.
- Deficient in quantity.
- Destitute of richness.
- Deficient.