Innovative
The crossword clue "Innovative" is answered by NEW, a 3-letter entry. Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NEW
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEW answer page.
Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ORIGINAL (6 uses in xd)
- SEMINAL (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEW, most used first.
- Fresh - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
- Just out - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Unused - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Original - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Novel - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Just released - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
- Mint - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfamiliar - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Never-before-seen - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Up-to-date - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Hot off the press - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Born - NEE, used 533 times
- Zero - NIL, used 399 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- Teachers' org. - NEA, used 369 times
- Neither's partner - NOR, used 359 times
- Zilch - NIL, used 358 times
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