Unusual
The crossword clue "Unusual" is answered by NOVEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOVEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOVEL answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 1 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.
- ATYPICAL (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOVEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOVEL, most used first.
- Work of fiction - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Original - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Book of fiction - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Fresh - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Writer's work - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Fictional work - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- New - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Unprecedented - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- It's a long story - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- More unusual - ODDER, used 68 times
- More unusual - RARER, used 61 times
- "It's __ Unusual Day" - AMOST, used 24 times
- Unusual partner? - CRUEL, used 17 times
- Unusual collectible - CURIO, used 16 times
- In an unusual way - ODDLY, used 14 times
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