Scarce

6 lettersadjectivemoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Barely or only just, used to indicate that something happened only moments before or almost not at all.

“She had scarce closed the door when the phone rang again.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈskɛəs/

Related Words

Synonyms

barely hardly justscarcely

Antonyms

abundant

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

SC opening with ARCE ending and the final CE pairing, the vowels A and E in positions 3 and 6 are key anchors

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Scrabble

Worth 10 points with two C tiles each scoring 3, a reliable play with no difficult tiles to manage

Words Related to Scarce

Words you can make from Scarce

Shorter words formed from the letters in “scarce”.

acres arces cares carse caser ceras cesar cresc escar races sacre scare scrae serac acce acer aces acre aesc arcs ares cace care cars

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