Barely sufficient
The crossword clue "Barely sufficient" is answered by SCANT, a 5-letter entry. Used 50 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SCANT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCANT answer page.
Used 50 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SKIMPY (3 uses in xd)
- JUSTENOUGH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCANT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCANT, most used first.
- Meager - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely enough - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly any - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Sufficient - AMPLE, used 67 times
- More than sufficient - AMPLE, used 36 times
- Barely defeated - EDGED, used 35 times
- Barely beat - EDGED, used 29 times
- Barely beats - EDGES, used 26 times
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