Answer to "Skimpy" 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 MEASLY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

Skimpy crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SCANT	45 %	5
MEAGER	27 %	6
MEASLY	9 %	6
LEAN	9 %	4
SLIM	9 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Skimpy

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

• deficient
• insufficient
• lean
• inadequate
• bikinis
• bikini
• swimsuits
• flimsy
• scanty
• skintight
• meager
• chintzy

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 MEAGER

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

More clues leading to the result MEASLY

• Paltry
• Piddling
• Contemptibly slight
• Unimpressively small
• Slight
• Trifling
• Pitifully small
• Woefully small
• Pathetically small
• Mere

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)