Clues for the word "PECULIAR"
We've had 21 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 34 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on May 20, 2026.
Definition of peculiar
- a. - One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.
- a. - Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
- a. - Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance.
- n. - That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
- n. - A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
Referring Clues
- Strange
- Out of the ordinary
- Funny
- Odd
- Unusual
- Oddball
- Strange, funny
- Bizarre muddle I clear up
- Distinctive copper bar put up to support drill
- Weird individual
- Odd clue pair worked out
- Odd clue I more than half parse wrongly
- Odd penny coin once given to pork pie purveyor
- Particular rum
- Funny page by story-teller
- I clear up spilt rum
- Odd tangle I clear up
- Strange or odd
- Strange characteristic
- Strange, odd
- For "odd", the usual clue, I interposed, is "strange"
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - May 20, 2026
- Daily Quick - June 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 30, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 26, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 19, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 28, 2023
- Daily Quick - April 09, 2023
- Daily Quick - February 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 09, 2022
- Daily Quick - October 01, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - July 26, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - November 10, 2017
- Mirror Quick - July 13, 2017
- Daily Quick - June 28, 2017
- Daily Quick - April 09, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - December 09, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - May 11, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - September 26, 2014
- Guardian Quiptic - April 14, 2014
- New York Times - March 30, 2012
- Netword - December 26, 2011
- Guardian Quick - October 11, 2010
- New York Sun - September 08, 2008
- Guardian Prize - December 08, 2007
- Guardian Quick - January 11, 2006
- And in 4 more crossword puzzles...