A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AILS

Thu, 17 Jul '25
Afflicts
Sun, 29 Jun '25
Afflicts
Tue, 12 Nov '24
Feels off
Fri, 20 Sep '24
Bothers
Sun, 4 Aug '24
Feels lousy
Mon, 20 May '24
Troubles
Thu, 28 Mar '24
Feels bad
Sat, 16 Dec '23
Isn't 100%
Sun, 24 Sep '23
Troubles
Thu, 3 Mar '22
Feels crummy
Thu, 17 Feb '22
Isn't well
Fri, 18 Jun '21
Isn't 100%