| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| coy | 3 | |
| shy | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| soft | 4 | |
| weak | 4 | |
| tame | 4 | |
| meek | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| awful | 5 | |
| PAVID | 5 | |
| mousy | 5 | |
| sissy | 5 | |
| chary | 5 | |
| scary | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| yellow | 6 | |
| afraid | 6 | |
| modest | 6 | |
| trepid | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| fearful | 7 | |
| bashful | 7 | |
| shivery | 7 | |
| cowerly | 7 | |
| unmanly | 7 | |
| nervous | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| horrible | 8 | |
| terrible | 8 | |
| reserved | 8 | |
| unheroic | 8 | |
| skittish | 8 | |
| retiring | 8 | |
| timorous | 8 | |
| terrific | 8 | |
| unmanned | 8 | |
| dreadful | 8 | |
| reticent | 8 | |
| sheepish | 8 | |
| shocking | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| shrinking | 9 | |
| tentative | 9 | |
| vacillate | 9 | |
| diffident | 9 | |
| stickling | 9 | |
| unassured | 9 | |
| suspicion | 9 | |
| TREMULOUS | 9 | |
| trembling | 9 | |
| frightful | 9 | |
| straining | 9 | |
| sissified | 9 | |
| weakkneed | 9 | |
| spineless | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| UNSOCIABLE | 10 | |
| STAMMERING | 10 | |
| SUBMISSIVE | 10 | |
| NDERFOOTED | 10 | |
| weak-kneed | 10 | |
| shamefaced | 10 | |
| HESITATING | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| UNASSERTIVE | 11 | |
| weakhearted | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| fainthearted | 12 | |
| apprehensive | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| trigger-happy | 13 | |
| pusillanimous | 13 | |
| inadventurous | 13 | |
| self effacing | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| self-conscious | 14 | |
| 16 letters | ||
| shilly-shallying | 16 | |