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Word entry · 3 letters

odd

Best crossword clue

"Left over after pairing"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɒd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ddoStarts with OEnds with D8 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. not easily explained

Word origin

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”).

Used in a sentence

  • She slept in, which was very odd.
  • Jena Janovy is a strange bird—a college basketball player who is a) female and b) short (5 feet 3 inches) and, perhaps oddest of all, lets neither of those things dampen her rabid enthusiasm for the game.
  • Did Mary (I thought it was odd that they always called her Mary even though her name was Mary Anne, and odder that Mom refused to correct them) have time for some questions?

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Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues

01Left over after pairing3 letters
02Not divisible by two3 letters
03Not regular3 letters
04Strange or uneven3 letters
05Strange or unusual3 letters
06Strange, or not even3 letters
07Uneven, numerically3 letters
08Unusual3 letters

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