Definitions For Famine

noun

  • A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  • An acute insufficiency
  • A situation in which many people do not have enough food to eat

Is Famine a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
13

The word Famine is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Famine in a Sentence

  • The famine affected half the continent.
  • Millions killed by war, drought, and famine

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Antonyms for Famine

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