The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPARSE , but the solution may also be MEAGER which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Scanty crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPARSE | 38 % | 6 |
| MEAGER | 20 % | 6 |
| SLIM | 19 % | 4 |
| THIN | 6 % | 4 |
| POOR | 4 % | 4 |
| SHORT | 4 % | 5 |
| SPARE | 3 % | 5 |
| MEAGRE | 3 % | 6 |
| STINTED | 1 % | 7 |
| LITTLE | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scanty
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spare
- meagerly
- meager
- bare
- pantie
- step-in
- panty
- meagre
- scant
- scarce
- scrawny
- little
Crossword Answer definitions
SPARSE verb- To scatter; to disperse.
- Having widely spaced intervals.
- Not dense; meager; scanty
- Having few nonzero elements
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 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 MEAGER
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 THIN
More clues leading to the result POOR
- Down-and-out
- Not so hot
- Badly off
- Hardly worth a D
- Lacking in value
- Less than good
- Standard's partner
- Far from the 1%
- Low-quality
- Second-rate
More clues leading to the result SHORT
- Comedian Martin ___
- Wiring problem
- Strapped for cash
- Knee-high to a grasshopper
- Funnyman Martin
- Lacking a quorum
- Like some tempers
- Lacking sufficient funds
- Unlike a shaggy-dog story
- Word before bread or cake
More clues leading to the result SPARE
- Next best thing to a strike
- Left over
- Type of tire
- Diagonal line, on a score sheet
- Donut in a trunk
- Flat replacement
- It may be found in the trunk
- Trunk item
- Do without
- Converted split
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.
More clues leading to the result STINTED
- Was frugal
- Acted like a cheapskate
- Scrimped
- Was tightfisted
- Scanty.
- Was frugal.
- Gave sparingly.
- Restricted.
- Limited.
- Kept on short allowance.