Severe shortage
The crossword clue "Severe shortage" is answered by DEARTH, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEARTH
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEARTH answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DEARTH
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEARTH, most used first.
- Scarcity - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Lack - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Shortage - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Paucity - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Scarce supply - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Want - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Inadequate supply - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Severe trial - ORDEAL, used 15 times
- Energy shortage - ANEMIA, used 9 times
- Severe - STRICT, used 6 times
- Severe test - ORDEAL, used 6 times
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