Barely adequate
The crossword clue "Barely adequate" is answered by SCANT, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCANT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCANT answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 10 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.
- ACCEPTABLE (2 uses in xd)
- MARGINAL (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 sufficient - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely enough - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly any - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- In short supply - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Limited - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Hardly sufficient - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly enough - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Not enough. - used 11 times, most recently in 1997
- Few and far between - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Inadequate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Skimpy - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Insufficient - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Very little - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Paltry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Barely defeated - EDGED, used 35 times
- Barely beat - EDGED, used 29 times
- Barely beats - EDGES, used 26 times
- More than adequate - AMPLE, used 23 times
- Barely ahead - UPONE, used 20 times
- Barely making (with "out") - EKING, used 18 times
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