ODD

ODD is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ODD in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "ODD" answer was first appeared in "13 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "___ man out". It was authored by Thomas W. Schier/Will Shortz. Recently, the "ODD" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Curious …”". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Peculiar". "ODD" appeared 186 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ODD" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
19 Dec 2023 42A “Curious …” Seth Weitberg
27 Aug 2023 55A Like this clue’s number Rich Katz
22 Aug 2023 16A Like 2023, but not 2022 Jay Silverman
17 Aug 2023 46D “Huh!” Erik Agard
19 Jul 2023 9D Not even Billy Bratton
16 Jun 2023 55D Not like everything else Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
25 Feb 2023 36A With 26-Across, eccentrics Trent H. Evans
20 Feb 2023 58A Unusual Emily Carroll
5 Feb 2023 68A Somewhat off Jeremy Newton
27 Aug 2022 55A ___ Future, rap group in which Tyler, the Creator got his start Andrew Linzer
8 Aug 2022 44A Quirky Kathy Lowden
3 Aug 2022 54A Anomalous Daniel Bodily
25 Jul 2022 36A Bizarre Michael T. Buerke
17 Apr 2022 51A Like almost all prime numbers Emet Ozar / Will Shortz
14 Mar 2022 49A Peculiar Stephen Hiltner / Will Shortz
29 Jan 2022 10D Funny, but not “ha-ha” funny Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid / Will Shortz
21 Oct 2021 10D What “10” is not Michael Lieberman / Will Shortz
2 Oct 2021 27D Like the years of most presidential inaugurations Wendy L. Brandes / Will Shortz
5 Sep 2021 91A “How ___ …” Grant Thackray / Will Shortz
2 Sep 2021 6A Curious David W. Tuffs / Will Shortz
24 Aug 2021 63D Peculiar Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz
13 Aug 2021 37A Follower of twenty- or thirty- John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins / Will Shortz
7 Jul 2021 36D A little strange Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
22 Jun 2021 71A Like 2019 and 2021, but not 2020 Matt Frederick / Will Shortz
5 May 2021 39D Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer Bryce Hwang, Rahul Sridhar and Akshay Ravikumar / Will Shortz
6 Mar 2021 54D “How ___ …” Sid Sivakumar / Will Shortz
26 Feb 2021 53A Like 2021 Chuck Deodene / Will Shortz
16 Feb 2021 10D Peculiar Johanna Fenimore / Will Shortz
29 Oct 2020 36A Like all prime numbers besides one Kurt Weller / Will Shortz
28 Oct 2020 34A Like two-thirds of Fibonacci numbers Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
26 Oct 2020 6D Peculiar Eric Bornstein / Will Shortz
23 Aug 2020 87A Like most prime numbers Barbara Lin / Will Shortz
7 Jun 2020 106D “How ___!” Andy Kravis / Will Shortz
16 May 2020 19A Word with twenty- or thirty- Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen / Will Shortz
28 Nov 2019 60D Curious Timothy Polin / Will Shortz
10 Sep 2019 43A Like 43, e.g. Ethan Cooper / Will Shortz
23 Apr 2019 62D Not even Amanda Chung and Karl Ni / Will Shortz
4 Feb 2019 60D Peculiar Ali Gascoigne / Will Shortz
31 Jan 2019 46A Like 2001 Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
24 Jan 2019 29A Lacking a mate Stu Ockman / Will Shortz
19 Jan 2019 53D Quizzical Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco / Will Shortz
26 Nov 2018 36A Otherworldly Evan Kalish / Will Shortz
8 Nov 2018 27A Screwy Sam Ezersky / Will Shortz
3 Sep 2018 60A Like most things in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” Trent H. Evans / Will Shortz
20 Jun 2018 20A “That doesn’t seem right” Jeffrey Wechsler / Will Shortz
8 Apr 2018 118D Unmatched Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
25 Mar 2018 16D Funny Finn Vigeland / Will Shortz
22 Mar 2018 58D Not quite right Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz
23 Jan 2018 46A Peculiar Jim Hilger / Will Shortz
27 Dec 2017 48A Anomalous David Kwong / Will Shortz
17 Aug 2017 36D Like the number of games in a “best of” series Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
26 Jul 2017 47A Like all prime numbers but one Brian Cox / Will Shortz
9 May 2017 25A Like the number of games in a “best of” series Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
14 Apr 2017 36D Whimsical Andrew Kingsley / Will Shortz
11 Jan 2017 51A Like all primes except 2 Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
17 Dec 2016 42A Like the year 2017 Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz
17 Jul 2016 84D “Huh”-inducing, say Jerry Miccolis / Will Shortz
17 Jun 2016 9D Matchless? Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz
24 May 2016 49A Unusual Jonathan Gersch / Will Shortz
6 Mar 2016 124A Atypical David J. Kahn / Will Shortz
5 Nov 2015 24D “How ___!” Samuel A. Donaldson / Will Shortz
1 Aug 2015 11D Miscellaneous Kameron Austin Collins / Will Shortz
13 Jul 2015 30D Strange Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz
10 May 2015 109A Funny Jacob Stulberg / Will Shortz
12 Mar 2015 61A Ripley-esque Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen / Will Shortz
20 Jan 2015 30A Peculiar Susan Gelfand / Will Shortz
29 Dec 2014 30D Like integers of the form 2n + 1 Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
1 Oct 2014 33D Screwy Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
5 Sep 2014 40D Head-scratching Joe Krozel / Will Shortz
23 Jun 2014 67A Not even Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz
10 Jun 2014 40D Not even Pamela Klawitter / Will Shortz
6 Apr 2014 8D Unconventional Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
25 Nov 2013 62D Strange Kevin G. Der / Will Shortz
25 Jun 2013 19D “Hmm, that’s unexpected” Joel Fagliano / Will Shortz
2 Jun 2013 6D Quirky Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
6 Apr 2013 12A Eyebrow-raising Michael Wiesenberg / Will Shortz
11 Feb 2013 21A Even’s opposite Gary Cee / Will Shortz
21 Nov 2012 1A Atypical David J. Kahn / Will Shortz
13 Oct 2012 9D Leftover Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz
26 Jun 2012 22D “Hmm, that’s ___” Mike Torch / Will Shortz
21 Feb 2012 37A Peculiar Caleb Madison / Will Shortz
23 Nov 2011 47D Roulette bet Ian Livengood / Will Shortz
29 Sep 2011 10D ___ duck Ben Fish / Will Shortz
20 Jun 2011 10D Unusual Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz
17 Jan 2011 57A Like 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
30 Nov 2010 23A Bizarre Kristian House / Will Shortz
5 Oct 2010 63D Bizarre Paula Gamache / Will Shortz
4 Sep 2010 39D “How ___ …” Mark Diehl / Will Shortz
29 Apr 2010 37A See 17-Across David J. W. Simpson / Will Shortz
30 Mar 2010 68D Like 1, 3, 5, 7 … Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
9 Mar 2010 4D Weird Jeffrey Wechsler / Will Shortz
22 Feb 2010 24D Like 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. Steve Dobis / Will Shortz
15 Feb 2010 46A Eccentric Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz
20 Oct 2009 7D Like a “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” item Gary Cee / Will Shortz
1 Jul 2009 20D Quirky David J. Kahn / Will Shortz
19 Apr 2009 119A Like most primes Will Nediger / Will Shortz
18 Apr 2009 6D See 46-Across Byron Walden / Will Shortz
14 Jan 2009 1A “That’s ___ …” Oliver Hill / Will Shortz
24 Aug 2008 139D Funny Kevin G. Der / Will Shortz
19 Jul 2008 10D Eyebrow-raising Todd McClary / Will Shortz
11 Jul 2007 28A Eerie Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz
17 Dec 2006 106A Unpaired Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz
29 Nov 2006 61D Otherworldly Barbara Olson / Will Shortz
5 Nov 2006 137D Like 9 or 5 Derrick Niederman / Will Shortz
9 Oct 2006 7D Like 1, 3, 5, 7 … Sarah Keller / Will Shortz
15 Aug 2006 9D Peculiar David Sullivan / Will Shortz
10 Aug 2006 45D Prompting a “hmm,” perhaps Todd McClary / Will Shortz
13 Jul 2006 56D Anomalous Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
2 Apr 2006 35A Puzzling Bob Klahn / Will Shortz
8 Nov 2005 55A Offbeat Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz
23 Jul 2005 4D Without a match Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz
29 Mar 2005 18D Uneven? Victor Fleming and Nelson Hardy / Will Shortz
7 Feb 2005 8D Strange Gordon Seaberg / Will Shortz
14 Jan 2005 48A Funny Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
2 Dec 2004 10D Anomalous Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
15 Aug 2004 6D Quaint Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz
7 Apr 2004 57A Lacking a mate Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz
20 Sep 2003 48A Not exactly customary Bob Peoples / Will Shortz
23 Aug 2003 32A Singular Rich Norris / Will Shortz
23 Jul 2003 13D With 44-Across, handyman’s task Ed Early / Will Shortz
14 Apr 2003 64D Unmatched, as socks Janet R. Bender / Will Shortz
19 Feb 2003 13D Like all primes but one Sarah Keller / Will Shortz
2 Feb 2003 71D “That’s ___ …” Mark Danna / Will Shortz
14 Nov 2002 65A Unpaired Paula Gamache / Will Shortz
26 Feb 2002 40D Strange Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
6 Feb 2002 62D “That’s ___ …” Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz
2 Feb 2002 62A Funny A. J. Santora / Will Shortz
27 Jan 2002 4D Funny Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
23 Jan 2002 56A Quirky Alan Arbesfeld / Will Shortz
23 Aug 2001 36D Roulette bet Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
16 May 2001 11A Like Felix and Oscar Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz
19 Feb 2001 41D Peculiar Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
11 Feb 2001 101A Missing a match Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz
15 Jan 2001 43A Hardly ordinary Janet R. Bender / Will Shortz
27 Dec 2000 39A Roulette bet Michael S. Maurer and Bonnie Prystowsky / Will Shortz
18 Dec 2000 54A Whimsical Nancy Kavanaugh / Will Shortz
14 Dec 2000 59A Roulette bet Peter Gordon / Will Shortz
8 Dec 2000 23D Curious Bob Klahn / Will Shortz
26 Oct 2000 25A “How ___ …” Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
17 Aug 2000 21D “How ___!” Greg Staples / Will Shortz
9 Jul 2000 69D “That’s ___ … “ Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
8 Jun 2000 46A Out in left field Mark Diehl / Will Shortz
5 Jun 2000 21A ___ man out William A. Ballard / Will Shortz
3 Jun 2000 33A Flaky Patrick D. Berry / Will Shortz
5 May 2000 58D Word after a round number Roger Barkan / Will Shortz
3 Mar 2000 46A Like many Guinness records Joe DiPietro / Will Shortz
27 Feb 2000 80D Like some lots Harvey Estes / Will Shortz
2 Feb 2000 41A Uneven? Richard Chisholm / Will Shortz
22 Sep 1999 23A Idiosyncratic Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
24 May 1999 7D Unorthodox Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz
10 Oct 1998 14D Like one Bob Klahn / Will Shortz
14 Jul 1998 11A Like 1, 3 or 7 Raymond Hamel / Will Shortz
26 Mar 1998 59D Kooky Cathy Millhauser / Will Shortz
24 Feb 1998 63D Unusual Bill Ballard / Will Shortz
29 Jan 1998 62D Outlandish Frances Hansen / Will Shortz
15 Oct 1997 49A Unexplained Randall J. Hartman / Will Shortz
24 Aug 1997 11A Like some socks Michael S. Maurer / Will Shortz
17 Jun 1997 20A Quirky Robert Zimmerman / Will Shortz
28 Mar 1997 32D “Hmm…!?” Jim Page / Will Shortz
6 Mar 1997 13D Anomalous Shannon Burns / Will Shortz
28 Dec 1996 19A Occasional N. Joline / W. Shortz
17 Dec 1996 4D Roulette bet G. E. Paul / W. Shortz
19 Nov 1996 22D Peculiar G. E. Paul / W. Shortz
21 Jul 1996 131A Like some jobs D. Niles / W. Shortz
6 Jun 1996 11D Unmatched A. J. Santora / W. Shortz
7 May 1996 45A Uneven K. Hodge / Will Shortz
6 Mar 1996 39D Singular N. S. Ross / Will Shortz
10 Feb 1996 35A Miscellaneous John R. Conrad / Will Shortz
31 Dec 1995 60A Occasional Bob Klahn/Will Shortz
28 Dec 1995 20A Singular Cathy Millhauser/Will Shortz
6 Dec 1995 35A Anomalous Chet Currier/Will Shortz
30 Sep 1995 33A Offbeat Bryant White/Will Shortz
25 Sep 1995 13D Preternatural Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz
9 Aug 1995 38D Out of the ordinary Richard Hughes/Will Shortz
4 May 1995 51D Anomalistic A.J. Santora / Will Shortz
23 Apr 1995 57A Funny Randolph Ross/Will Shortz
6 Mar 1995 37D Uneven Randall J. Hartman/Will Shortz
6 Feb 1995 20A Peculiar Gregory E. Paul / Will Shortz
5 Feb 1995 119A Curious Frank A. Longo / Will Shortz
1 Feb 1995 33A Anomalous Chet Currier/Will Shortz
22 Nov 1994 1D Unmatched Wayne Robert Williams/Will Shortz
28 Aug 1994 40D Surplus Randolph Ross / Will Shortz
16 Apr 1994 51A Eccentric Rand H. Burns / Will Shortz
21 Jan 1994 53D Cranky A.J. Santora / Will Shortz
6 Jan 1994 21D Preternatural Arthur W. Palmer / Will Shortz
13 Dec 1993 4D ___ man out Thomas W. Schier/Will Shortz

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