The clue "unexpected" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 7, 2021. The correct answer for this puzzle is "OUTOFLEFTFIELD", a 14-letter word.
Solution ODD is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution ODD is 3 letters long. We have 1 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 325 solutions. The longest is UNDIFFERENTIATING with 17 letters, and the shortest is EX with 2 letters.
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Solutions are between 2 and 17 letters long.