famines
Definitions
Noun
- An acute insufficiency
- A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | families | 3 | 68 |
| 2 | mines | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | fairness | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | miners | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | famine | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | faintest | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | fines | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | examines | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | lamine's | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | raines | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | moines | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | minges | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | mines' | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | mine's | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | minces | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | milnes | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | maines | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | lamine | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | kamins | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | haines | 1 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 17
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Strait of Hormuz: UN seeks to secure fertilizer shipments to fragile countries to prevent famines
May 12, 2026 Le Monde.fr
May 12, 2026 Le Monde.fr
WFP Executive Director calls on world leaders to bring an end to man-made famines
Jan 12, 2026 UN World Food Programme
Jan 12, 2026 UN World Food Programme
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May 16, 2025 International Rescue Committee