| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| sad | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| sore | 4 | |
| vile | 4 | |
| dire | 4 | |
| rank | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| heavy | 5 | |
| worst | 5 | |
| sharp | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| sordid | 6 | |
| severe | 6 | |
| woeful | 6 | |
| scurvy | 6 | |
| taxing | 6 | |
| rueful | 6 | |
| rotten | 6 | |
| tragic | 6 | |
| shoddy | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| painful | 7 | |
| schlock | 7 | |
| weighty | 7 | |
| hurtful | 7 | |
| serious | 7 | |
| ruinous | 7 | |
| unclean | 7 | |
| baleful | 7 | |
| tearful | 7 | |
| squalid | 7 | |
| unhappy | 7 | |
| TOO BAD | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| touching | 8 | |
| wretched | 8 | |
| terrible | 8 | |
| shameful | 8 | |
| shocking | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| sorrowful | 9 | |
| repulsive | 9 | |
| woebegone | 9 | |
| WORTHLESS | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| deplorable | 10 | |
| BURDENSOME | 10 | |
| calamitous | 10 | |
| afflictive | 10 | |
| lamentable | 10 | |
| VILLAINOUS | 10 | |
| scandalous | 10 | |
| disastrous | 10 | |
| AFFLICTING | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| UNPALATABLE | 11 | |
| regrettable | 11 | |
| UNFORTUNATE | 11 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| reprehensible | 13 | |
| uncomfortable | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| superincumbent | 14 | |