| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 letters | ||
| risk | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| qualm | 5 | |
| query | 5 | |
| doubt | 5 | |
| worry | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| wobble | 6 | |
| hobble | 6 | |
| danger | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| venture | 7 | |
| erasure | 7 | |
| variety | 7 | |
| stagger | 7 | |
| scruple | 7 | |
| waiting | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| quandary | 8 | |
| suspense | 8 | |
| question | 8 | |
| UNBELIEF | 8 | |
| weakness | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| variation | 9 | |
| roughness | 9 | |
| riskiness | 9 | |
| suspicion | 9 | |
| vagueness | 9 | |
| ambiguity | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| randomness | 10 | |
| unevenness | 10 | |
| SKEPTICISM | 10 | |
| self-doubt | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| vacillation | 11 | |
| probability | 11 | |
| SPECULATION | 11 | |
| serendipity | 11 | |
| protraction | 11 | |
| VARIABILITY | 11 | |
| DUBIOUSNESS | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| doubtfulness | 12 | |
| RESTLESSNESS | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| embarrassment | 13 | |
| UNRELIABILITY | 13 | |
| random-sample | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| INDISTINCTNESS | 14 | |
| 15 letters | ||
| Second thoughts | 15 | |
| 17 letters | ||
| SWORD OF DAMOCLES | 17 | |