| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| sad | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| wawa | 4 | |
| sore | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| knell | 5 | |
| elegy | 5 | |
| heavy | 5 | |
| teary | 5 | |
| sharp | 5 | |
| black | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| triste | 6 | |
| rueful | 6 | |
| puling | 6 | |
| tragic | 6 | |
| woeful | 6 | |
| sombre | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| whining | 7 | |
| sinking | 7 | |
| wailing | 7 | |
| moaning | 7 | |
| elegiac | 7 | |
| tearful | 7 | |
| doleful | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| dolorous | 8 | |
| funereal | 8 | |
| wretched | 8 | |
| touching | 8 | |
| tomblike | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| QUERULOUS | 9 | |
| woebegone | 9 | |
| plaintive | 9 | |
| regretful | 9 | |
| sorrowful | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| whimpering | 10 | |
| melancholy | 10 | |
| LUGUBRIOUS | 10 | |
| DEPRESSING | 10 | |
| sepulchral | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| regrettable | 11 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| uncomfortable | 13 | |