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Is scant a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scant is a Scrabble US word. The word scant is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is scant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scant is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

CANST,CANTS,SCANT,

4-letter words (11 found)

ACTS,ANTS,CANS,CANT,CAST,CATS,NATS,SANT,SCAN,SCAT,TANS,

3-letter words (13 found)

ACT,ANS,ANT,ATS,CAN,CAT,NAS,NAT,SAC,SAN,SAT,TAN,TAS,

2-letter words (6 found)

AN,AS,AT,NA,ST,TA,

You can make 33 words from scant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of scant

scant csant sacnt ascnt casnt acsnt scnat csnat sncat nscat cnsat ncsat sanct asnct snact nsact ansct nasct canst acnst cnast ncast ancst nacst scatn csatn sactn asctn castn acstn sctan cstan stcan tscan ctsan tcsan satcn astcn stacn tsacn atscn tascn catsn actsn ctasn tcasn atcsn tacsn scnta csnta sncta nscta cnsta ncsta sctna cstna stcna tscna ctsna tcsna sntca nstca stnca tsnca ntsca tnsca cntsa nctsa ctnsa tcnsa ntcsa tncsa santc asntc snatc nsatc anstc nastc satnc astnc stanc tsanc atsnc tasnc sntac nstac stnac tsnac ntsac tnsac antsc natsc atnsc tansc ntasc tnasc cants acnts cnats ncats ancts nacts catns actns ctans tcans atcns tacns cntas nctas ctnas tcnas ntcas tncas antcs natcs atncs tancs ntacs tnacs

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Definitions and meaning of scant

scant

Etymology

Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skænt/
  • Rhymes: -ænt

Adjective

scant (comparative scanter, superlative scantest)

  1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
  2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Synonyms

  • (rare, scarce): geason; see also Thesaurus:rare

Derived terms

  • scanty

Related terms

  • scantily

Translations

Verb

scant (third-person singular simple present scants, present participle scanting, simple past and past participle scanted)

  1. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
  2. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Determiner

scant

  1. Very little, very few.
    (as pronoun) The failure of this project has scant to do with me.

Synonyms

  • little, few, slight

Antonyms

  • ample, plenty (of)

Translations

Noun

scant (plural scants)

  1. A small piece or quantity.
  2. (uncommon) Scarcity; lack.
    • 1846, J T Hackett, Ability of the public to make the projected railways, reprinted in The Railway Register Vol. IV, page 144 [3]
      Even if labour were diverted to a great extent from our grand staple, the cotton manufacture, we are not prepared to admit that the country would be worse off. The worst that could happen in such a case would be, that for a few years, during the inordinate progress of railways, our population would run short of shirts and shifts. If the woollen manufacture be the theme, there would be a scant of coats and petticoats; or if the earthenware manufacture, there must be fewer teapots and pipkins.
  3. (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
  4. (masonry) A sheet of stone.
  5. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:scant.

Derived terms

  • scants

Adverb

scant (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon or old-fashioned) With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

References

  • “scant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “scant”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
  • “scant”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “scant”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • can'st, canst, cants, casn't

Source: wiktionary.org