The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEARTH which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Scarcity crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEARTH | 77 % | 6 |
| RARENESS | 9 % | 8 |
| EARTHDAY | 4 % | 8 |
| LACK | 4 % | 4 |
| SHORTAGE | 4 % | 8 |
| WANT | 2 % | 4 |
Why may DEARTH be the right solution?
The answer "DEARTH" is the right solution for the clue "Scarcity" because it means a lack or shortage of something, which perfectly matches the definition of scarcity.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scarcity
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scarceness
- scarce
- dearth
- paucity
- shortage
- penury
- poverty
- indigence
- deficit
- deficiency
- insufficiency
- inadequacy
Crossword Answer definitions
DEARTH noun- A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
- (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
- Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
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 DEARTH
More clues leading to the result RARENESS
More clues leading to the result EARTHDAY
- 4/22 green event
- Environmentalists' celebration
- Environmentalist's celebration
- Its flag depicts the Blue Marble
- April, 1970, event
- April, 1970, happening
- April celebration
- *Scarcity
- April 22
- April event that's "green"
More clues leading to the result LACK
- Be caught short
- Be in need of
- Absence
- Ain't got
- Deficiency
- Paucity
- Shortfall
- Be deficient in
- Are deficient in
- Dearth
More clues leading to the result SHORTAGE
- Deficiency
- Scarcity
- Trouble in the till
- Dearth
- Insufficient supply
- Deficit.
- Limited supply.
- Lack.
- Deficit
- Want