6 Letters
4 Consonants
2 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use scarce as a article, adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
About Scarce
A 1 syllables article and 6 letters with the letters a, c, e, r, and s, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters ar. Scarce starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters s, sc, sca, scar, scarc, and the ending characters are e, ce, rce, arce, carce, ..
Definition
Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
Origin/Roots
Old French
School Grade
Scarce is set as a grade eight word that starts with s, ends with e, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
Scrabble
Is scarce a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Scarce in Pig Latin is said as "arcescay or arcescway".
Unigram
s | c | a | r | c | e
Bigram
sc | ca | ar | rc | ce
Trigram
sca | car | arc | rce
Quadrigram
scar | carc | arce
Word Gram
Article Examples
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand;
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
Adjective Satellite Examples
not enough;
hard to find;
"meat was scarce during the war"
Adverb Examples
by a small margin;
"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

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Scarce"

There are 111 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to scarce.

SynonymDefinition
Almost Unheard Of
At A Premium
Barelyby a small margin
"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
Besprentsprinkled over
"glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
Cheaprelatively low in price or charging low prices
"it would have been cheap at twice the price"
"inexpensive family restaurants"
Cheeseparinggiving or spending with reluctance
"our cheeseparing administration"
"very close (or near) with his money"
"a penny-pinching miserly old man"
Chinchyembarrassingly stingy
Chintzyembarrassingly stingy
Closethe concluding part of any performance
Confusedmentally confused
unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
"the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

View all cognitive synonyms for Scarce

Antonyms

There are 1 words that have the opposite meaning of scarce.

AntonymDefinition
Abundantpresent in great quantity
"an abundant supply of water"

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from scarce.

Anagram Definition
Scarcedeficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

View English words with the unique letters used in scarce. Words With The Letters Acers

Similar Words

There are 2 words that are similar to "Scarce".

Similar WordDefinition
Rarenot widely distributed;
"rare herbs";
"rare patches of gree in the desert"
Tightaffected by scarcity and expensive to borrow;
"tight money";
"a tight market"

See Also (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Scarce"

There are 3 words/phrases you might want to use in relation to scarce.

See AlsoDefinition
Meagerdeficient in amount or quality or extent;
"meager resources";
"meager fare"
Meagerlydeficient in amount or quality or extent;
"meager resources";
"meager fare"
Meagredeficient in amount or quality or extent;
"meager resources";
"meager fare"

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word scarce.

Is scarce a scrabble word or can you use scarce in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 459897 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 432303 games. This 6 letter 10 point scrabble word can be rearranged 360 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, c, e, r, and s? There's 44 with 8 letters or less with the letters a, c, e, r, and s. Here is a list of 25 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Caress (6 letters) 8 9 caress
Syracuse (8 letters) 13 +3 14 +2 syracuse
Cerastes (8 letters) 10 11 cerastes
Carcase (7 letters) 11 +1 13 +1 carcase
Ceras (5 letters) 7 8 acres
Car Seat (8 letters)
Caster (6 letters) 8 9 traces
Saucer (6 letters) 8 10 ucares
Crease (6 letters) 8 9 crease
Scarer (6 letters) 8 9 scarer
Scarf (5 letters) 10 11 scarf
Tear Sac (8 letters)
Caesura (7 letters) 9 11 aacersu
Surcease (8 letters) 10 12 surcease
Scare (5 letters) 7 8 acres
Sazerac (7 letters) 18 +8 19 +7 sazerac
SACEUR (6 letters) 8 10 ucares
Caesarea (8 letters) 10 11 caesarea
Crevasse (8 letters) 13 +3 15 +3 crvesaes
Accuser (7 letters) 11 +1 14 +2 accurse
Actress (7 letters) 9 10 actress
Castrate (8 letters) 10 11 castrate
Sectary (7 letters) 12 +2 12 sectary
Caesar (6 letters) 8 9 caesar
Versace (7 letters) 12 +2 14 +2 versace





     

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