| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| ill | 3 | |
| woe | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| pain | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| rigor | 5 | |
| trial | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| burden | 6 | |
| ordeal | 6 | |
| sorrow | 6 | |
| stress | 6 | |
| strain | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| travail | 7 | |
| trouble | 7 | |
| straits | 7 | |
| cruelty | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| calamity | 8 | |
| asperity | 8 | |
| pressure | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| grievance | 9 | |
| endurance | 9 | |
| annoyance | 9 | |
| SUFFERING | 9 | |
| privation | 9 | |
| adversity | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| affliction | 10 | |
| INFLICTION | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| vicissitude | 11 | |
| tribulation | 11 | |
| DEPRIVATION | 11 | |
| predicament | 11 | |
| self denial | 11 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| tight squeeze | 13 | |