Scant

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters

Definition of Scant

Adjective

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
"a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment"
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.
"a scant cup of sugar"

Verb

To limit in amount or share; to stint.
"to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries"
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
"The wind scants."

Determiner

Very little, very few.
"After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."

Noun

A small piece or quantity.
Scarcity; lack.
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
A sheet of stone.
A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Adverb

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Anagrams of Scant

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

19 words can be made from the letters in "scant":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

acts ants cans cant cast cats scan scat tans

3-LETTER WORDS

act ant can cat sac sat tan tas

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "scant" and rearranging:

+eascent centas enacts secant stance

+hchants snatch stanch

+iactins antics nastic

+ocantos cotans octans

+ucantus uncast

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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