| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DEARTH | Scarcity | |
| FAMINE | Extreme scarcity | |
| DERTH | Dearth; scarcity. | |
| SCANT | Scantness; scarcity. | |
| DROUGHT | Scarcity; lack. | |
| SCARCENESS | Alt. of Scarcity | |
| PAUCITY | Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. | |
| INFREQUENCY | In freak went, see? Hear it’s a scarcity | |
| DEAR | Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year. | |
| RARITY | That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity. | |
| POVERTY | The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. | |
| SCARCITY | ...ss of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcit... | |
| WANT | The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a wan... | |
| BERGMEAL | ... composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarci... | |