| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 letters | ||
| slim | 4 | |
| tiny | 4 | |
| puny | 4 | |
| thin | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| pygmy | 5 | |
| runty | 5 | |
| gnome | 5 | |
| pigmy | 5 | |
| petty | 5 | |
| spare | 5 | |
| squat | 5 | |
| small | 5 | |
| short | 5 | |
| scant | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| scanty | 6 | |
| skimpy | 6 | |
| stingy | 6 | |
| watery | 6 | |
| slight | 6 | |
| little | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| sparing | 7 | |
| stinted | 7 | |
| stunted | 7 | |
| slender | 7 | |
| scrawny | 7 | |
| SCRUBBY | 7 | |
| scraggy | 7 | |
| wizened | 7 | |
| spartan | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| heigh-ho | 8 | |
| shrunken | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| SHRIVELED | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| minimozart | 10 | |
| UNDERSIZED | 10 | |
| STRAITENED | 10 | |
| starvation | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| SUBSISTENCE | 11 | |
| rudimentary | 11 | |