Definition of Scarce

Adjective

  • deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
    "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

Adverb

  • only a very short time before
    "they could barely hear the speaker"
    "we hardly knew them"
    "just missed being hit"
    "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
    "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Scarce

  • Scrabble® score of the scarce (10)
  • Word Chums® score of the scarce (16)
  • Words With Friends® score of the scarce (12)

Unscramble scarce

57 unscramble word found using the letters scarce.
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