| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| hot | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| ugly | 4 | |
| edgy | 4 | |
| sour | 4 | |
| foul | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| testy | 5 | |
| raspy | 5 | |
| quick | 5 | |
| ratty | 5 | |
| surly | 5 | |
| cross | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| GROWLY | 6 | |
| onedge | 6 | |
| crabby | 6 | |
| edgily | 6 | |
| grumpy | 6 | |
| tetchy | 6 | |
| touchy | 6 | |
| crusty | 6 | |
| snappy | 6 | |
| tender | 6 | |
| uneasy | 6 | |
| cranky | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| peevish | 7 | |
| CARPING | 7 | |
| prickly | 7 | |
| waspish | 7 | |
| fretful | 7 | |
| refined | 7 | |
| peckish | 7 | |
| bilious | 7 | |
| tactful | 7 | |
| spleeny | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| petulant | 8 | |
| volcanic | 8 | |
| choleric | 8 | |
| shrewish | 8 | |
| skittish | 8 | |
| spiteful | 8 | |
| ticklish | 8 | |
| liverish | 8 | |
| SNAPPISH | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| QUERULOUS | 9 | |
| splenetic | 9 | |
| impatient | 9 | |
| WRANGLING | 9 | |
| crotchety | 9 | |
| sensitive | 9 | |
| fractious | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| pugnacious | 10 | |
| RESPONSIVE | 10 | |
| OUTOFSORTS | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| ATRABILIOUS | 11 | |
| sympathetic | 11 | |
| QUARRELSOME | 11 | |
| ILLTEMPERED | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| thin-skinned | 12 | |
| Bad Tempered | 12 | |
| cantankerous | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| temperamental | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| supersensitive | 14 | |
| quick-tempered | 14 | |
| short-tempered | 14 | |