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.
- MEAGER (9 uses in xd)
- SCANTY (8 uses in xd)
- SKIMPY (3 uses in xd)
- JUSTENOUGH (1 uses in xd)
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