famine

Meanings

Plural: famines

Noun

an acute insufficiency
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Extreme shortage of food in a region.
A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
Starvation or malnutrition.
Severe shortage or lack of something.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames. Cognate with Spanish hambruna (“famine”).

Synonyms

dearth, shortage

Scrabble Score: 11

famine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
famine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
famine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

famine is a valid Words With Friends word