| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 letters | ||
| bare | 4 | |
| sour | 4 | |
| pure | 4 | |
| thin | 4 | |
| puny | 4 | |
| hard | 4 | |
| slim | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| stern | 5 | |
| prosy | 5 | |
| harsh | 5 | |
| rigid | 5 | |
| rigor | 5 | |
| spare | 5 | |
| stark | 5 | |
| SOBER | 5 | |
| rough | 5 | |
| scant | 5 | |
| stiff | 5 | |
| tough | 5 | |
| small | 5 | |
| sharp | 5 | |
| tight | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| strict | 6 | |
| slight | 6 | |
| simple | 6 | |
| sullen | 6 | |
| rigour | 6 | |
| watery | 6 | |
| rigors | 6 | |
| uneven | 6 | |
| rugged | 6 | |
| morose | 6 | |
| skimpy | 6 | |
| primal | 6 | |
| severe | 6 | |
| scanty | 6 | |
| single | 6 | |
| rustic | 6 | |
| lenten | 6 | |
| stingy | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| scrawny | 7 | |
| spartan | 7 | |
| UNFUSSY | 7 | |
| moravia | 7 | |
| stunted | 7 | |
| uniform | 7 | |
| primary | 7 | |
| stinted | 7 | |
| ascetic | 7 | |
| slender | 7 | |
| sparing | 7 | |
| puritan | 7 | |
| prosaic | 7 | |
| prudish | 7 | |
| serious | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| rigorous | 8 | |
| monastic | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| STERNNESS | 9 | |
| unsparing | 9 | |
| stringent | 9 | |
| starkness | 9 | |
| unadorned | 9 | |
| temperate | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| vernacular | 10 | |
| UNYIELDING | 10 | |
| UNAFFECTED | 10 | |
| relentless | 10 | |
| starvation | 10 | |
| STRAITENED | 10 | |
| UNPOETICAL | 10 | |
| simon-pure | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| astringency | 11 | |
| puritanical | 11 | |
| SUBSISTENCE | 11 | |
| unrelenting | 11 | |
| Sabbatarian | 11 | |
| UNVARNISHED | 11 | |
| UNCLUTTERED | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| self-denying | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| unimaginative | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| UNAPPROACHABLE | 14 | |
| 15 letters | ||
| straightforward | 15 | |
| 16 letters | ||
| undifferentiated | 16 | |