| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| hot | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| fast | 4 | |
| edgy | 4 | |
| ugly | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| cross | 5 | |
| short | 5 | |
| testy | 5 | |
| quick | 5 | |
| hasty | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| ornery | 6 | |
| cranky | 6 | |
| tetchy | 6 | |
| stuffy | 6 | |
| touchy | 6 | |
| crabby | 6 | |
| sullen | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| bristly | 7 | |
| grouchy | 7 | |
| prickly | 7 | |
| fretful | 7 | |
| waspish | 7 | |
| wayward | 7 | |
| spleeny | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| spiteful | 8 | |
| skittish | 8 | |
| shrewish | 8 | |
| wrathful | 8 | |
| volcanic | 8 | |
| SNAPPISH | 8 | |
| choleric | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| QUERULOUS | 9 | |
| WRANGLING | 9 | |
| irritable | 9 | |
| splenetic | 9 | |
| sensitive | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| pugnacious | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| hottempered | 11 | |
| QUARRELSOME | 11 | |
| WRONGHEADED | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| cantankerous | 12 | |
| QUICKTOANGER | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| SHORTTEMPERED | 13 | |
| quicktempered | 13 | |
| temperamental | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| short-tempered | 14 | |
| quick-tempered | 14 | |