Sparse
The crossword clue "Sparse" is answered by THIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THIN answer page.
Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 7 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.
- MEAGRE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for THIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by THIN, most used first.
- Slender - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Skinny - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Flimsy - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Dilute - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
- Reedy - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Watery - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Watered down - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Svelte - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Attenuated - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Rarefied - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Water down - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Like a dime - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Spare - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Pizza crust option - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Insubstantial - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Like dimes - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Slight - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
- Vanish into __ air - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Lean - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Overly diluted - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Pizza crust choice - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Through thick and ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Waiflike - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Add water - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Companion of thick - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Far from obese - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Like a wafer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Like gruel - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Scanty - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Slim - 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.
- Sparse - LEAN, used 7 times
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