| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| sad | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| grim | 4 | |
| yowl | 4 | |
| sore | 4 | |
| slow | 4 | |
| dour | 4 | |
| gray | 4 | |
| dire | 4 | |
| dark | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| dingy | 5 | |
| heavy | 5 | |
| drear | 5 | |
| black | 5 | |
| murky | 5 | |
| bleak | 5 | |
| sorry | 5 | |
| weary | 5 | |
| stiff | 5 | |
| taupe | 5 | |
| smoky | 5 | |
| vapid | 5 | |
| SOBER | 5 | |
| sharp | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| sullen | 6 | |
| gloomy | 6 | |
| tragic | 6 | |
| wooden | 6 | |
| stupid | 6 | |
| woeful | 6 | |
| triste | 6 | |
| stuffy | 6 | |
| stodgy | 6 | |
| solemn | 6 | |
| dreary | 6 | |
| sombre | 6 | |
| steely | 6 | |
| somber | 6 | |
| rueful | 6 | |
| silver | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| tedious | 7 | |
| sterile | 7 | |
| joyless | 7 | |
| silvery | 7 | |
| unhappy | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| downcast | 8 | |
| tomblike | 8 | |
| dolorous | 8 | |
| wretched | 8 | |
| touching | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| woebegone | 9 | |
| cheerless | 9 | |
| wearisome | 9 | |
| saturnine | 9 | |
| sorrowful | 9 | |
| tasteless | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| LUGUBRIOUS | 10 | |
| sepulchral | 10 | |
| uncheerful | 10 | |
| spiritless | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| UNFORTUNATE | 11 | |
| superficial | 11 | |
| regrettable | 11 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| uncomfortable | 13 | |
| 15 letters | ||
| CHRISTMASISLAND | 15 | |