Unconventional
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ODD
An indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests"

HEP
Informed about the latest trends

HIP
The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

NEW
Original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

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BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

HEAD
Oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head"

LEAD
A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"

LEWD
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

EDGY
Being in a tense state

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OUTRE
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

NOVEL
A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"

QUEER
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

EASED
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear

EERIE
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"

KOOKY
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

FRESH
Not canned or otherwise preserved; "fresh vegetables"

WRONG
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

AHEAD
Having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race"

CRAZY
Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

KINKY
(of hair) in small tight curls

WACKY
Ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"

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WAYOUT
An opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"

SCREWY
Not behaving normally

QUIRKY
Informal terms; strikingly unconventional

SECRET
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

UNIQUE
(followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality; "a species unique to Australia"

VULGAR
Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

WEIRDO
Someone deranged and possibly dangerous

CASUAL
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

FAROUT

FREAKY
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

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EXTREME
The furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes"

RADICAL
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

RAFFISH
Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore

VERYODD

OFFBEAT
An unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

IMMORAL
Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

CURIOUS
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

BIZARRE
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

STRANGE
Not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"

UNUSUAL
Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"

OFFBEAT

OFFHAND

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ABNORMAL
Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"

UNCOMMON
Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"

PECULIAR
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

FREAKISH
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

ABERRANT
One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

LICENSED
Given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative"

RENEGADE
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

ATYPICAL
Not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"

INFORMAL
Not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"

ORIGINAL
An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

SEPARATE
A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

BOHEMIAN
A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

IMPROPER
Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things"

UNLAWFUL
Contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters"

OUTTHERE

ADVANCED
Situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"

VANGUARD
The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"

NEWWAVES

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IRREGULAR
Lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"

ECCENTRIC
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

DIFFERENT
Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"

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OUTLANDISH
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

LIBIDINOUS
Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"

UNORTHODOX
Breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle"

PIONEERING

INDIVIDUAL
A human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

AVANTGARDE

INNOVATIVE
Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original"

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UNCUSTOMARY

LEADINGEDGE
Forward edge of an airfoil

PROGRESSIVE
A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

ANARCHISTIC
Of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism

UNDERGROUND
An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

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EXPERIMENTAL
Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"

DEVILMAYCARE

UNREASONABLE
Not reasonable; not showing good judgment

UNACCUSTOMED
Not customary or usual; "an unaccustomed pleasure"; "many varieties of unaccustomed foods"; "a new budget of unaccustomed austerity"

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STATEOFTHEART
The highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time; "the state of the art in space travel"

UNCEREMONIOUS
Without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"

BEYONDTHEPALE

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INDIVIDUALISTIC
Marked by or expressing individuality; "an individualistic way of dressing"

20 letters

UNCONVENTIONALANDOFF