| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 letters | ||
| less | 4 | |
| worn | 4 | |
| sunk | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| pared | 5 | |
| short | 5 | |
| shorn | 5 | |
| tamed | 5 | |
| small | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| shrank | 6 | |
| weakly | 6 | |
| sickly | 6 | |
| sunken | 6 | |
| shrunk | 6 | |
| onsale | 6 | |
| lesser | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| subdued | 7 | |
| lowered | 7 | |
| thinned | 7 | |
| smashed | 7 | |
| unsound | 7 | |
| slashed | 7 | |
| quelled | 7 | |
| shorter | 7 | |
| smaller | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| lessened | 8 | |
| strapped | 8 | |
| squeezed | 8 | |
| shrunken | 8 | |
| simmered | 8 | |
| weakened | 8 | |
| depleted | 8 | |
| rarefied | 8 | |
| run-down | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| onspecial | 9 | |
| decreased | 9 | |
| unhealthy | 9 | |
| prostrate | 9 | |
| SUBMERGED | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| STRAITENED | 10 | |
| SUPPRESSED | 10 | |
| diminished | 10 | |
| SUBJUGATED | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| Rock bottom | 11 | |
| SACRIFICIAL | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| unprosperous | 12 | |
| watered down | 12 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| VALETUDINARIAN | 14 | |