| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 letters | ||
| puny | 4 | |
| lank | 4 | |
| slim | 4 | |
| lean | 4 | |
| bony | 4 | |
| thin | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| gaunt | 5 | |
| scant | 5 | |
| spare | 5 | |
| small | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| twiggy | 6 | |
| stingy | 6 | |
| scanty | 6 | |
| skimpy | 6 | |
| watery | 6 | |
| slight | 6 | |
| skinny | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| stunted | 7 | |
| scraggy | 7 | |
| stinted | 7 | |
| spidery | 7 | |
| sparing | 7 | |
| runtish | 7 | |
| slender | 7 | |
| spartan | 7 | |
| SPINDLY | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| rawboned | 8 | |
| skeletal | 8 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| UNDERSIZED | 10 | |
| STRAITENED | 10 | |
| starvation | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| underweight | 11 | |
| SUBSISTENCE | 11 | |