The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EDGY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Avant-garde crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDGY | 43 % | 4 |
| NEWWAVE | 17 % | 7 |
| ARTY | 10 % | 4 |
| NEOS | 5 % | 4 |
| ULTRAMODERN | 5 % | 11 |
| NEW | 5 % | 3 |
| EXPERIMENTAL | 2 % | 12 |
| FAROUT | 2 % | 6 |
| PIONEERS | 2 % | 8 |
| ARTSY | 2 % | 5 |
| RADICAL | 2 % | 7 |
| UNORTHODOX | 2 % | 10 |
| TRENDY | 2 % | 6 |
Why may EDGY be the right solution?
"Avant-garde" means innovative or experimental, while "edgy" means unconventional or daring. Therefore, "edgy" is a suitable answer for "avant-garde" in the context of a crossword.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Avant-garde
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- van
- vanguard
- avantgarde
- avants
- abstractionist
- experimentalism
- modernist
- absurdist
- casavant
- abstractionism
- fantastique
- surrealist
Crossword Answer definitions
EDGY adjective- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (entertainment) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- (entertainment) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- Irritable.
- Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (of a knife or blade) Sharp.
- Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EDGY
- Wired
- Tense
- Like indie crosswords (we hope)
- Like much prestige television
- Pacing, perhaps
- All wound up
- Innovative and daring
- Like challenging art
- Likely to snap
- Risk-taking
More clues leading to the result NEWWAVE
- Avant-garde
- Avant-garde movement
- Rock style of the '80s
- Punk outgrowth
- Tradition-breaking
- Cutting-edge movement
- *Avant-garde
- Punk rock outgrowth
- Current group of movie makers in France.
- Trendsetting
More clues leading to the result ARTY
- Avant-garde
- Creative
- Innovative
- Pretentious
- Too stylish
- Overly pretentious
- Pretentious, as a film
- Pseudo-esthetic
- Bohemian
- Into Stan Brakhage films, say
More clues leading to the result NEOS
- Modern prefixes?
- Modernist group
- Those with au courant tastes
- Tyros
- Avant-gardists
- Modernists
- Astr. bodies flying close to us
- Ultramodernists
- Revivalists
- Modernists, informally
More clues leading to the result ULTRAMODERN
More clues leading to the result NEW
- Unused
- Word in many a colonial place names
- Fresh
- Improved's partner
- Just out
- Kind of math
- Wet behind the ears
- Before Mexico
- Just hired
- Just published
More clues leading to the result EXPERIMENTAL
More clues leading to the result FAROUT
- "Awesome, man"
- "Groovy, man!"
- "Groooovy!"
- "Groovy!"
- "Cool!" equivalent, once
- "Cool!"
- Way off, or offbeat
- "Too much!"
- '60s "Wow!"
- "Awesome!"
More clues leading to the result PIONEERS
- Leaders
- Trailblazers
- Groundbreakers
- Innovates
- Explorers of the unknown
- Avant-garde
- Boone and Bowie
- First settlers
- ___ Day, Utah holiday, July 24.
- The avant-garde.
More clues leading to the result ARTSY
- Affected
- Pretentious and highfalutin
- Dilettantish
- Avant-garde
- Pretentious
- ___-craftsy
- Bohemian
- Highfalutin, culturally
- Boho
- Showily pretentious
More clues leading to the result RADICAL
- Ultra-left-winger
- Extreme
- Square root sign
- Square root symbol
- Any of the "Chicago Seven," e.g.
- SDS member, e.g.
- Extremist
- Political extremist
- Far from moderate
- Groundbreaking
More clues leading to the result UNORTHODOX
- Breaking with tradition
- Not conventional
- Avant-garde
- Off the beaten path
- Not by the book
- Strikingly different
- Innovative
- Not conventional.
- Not being done.
- Not customary or conventional