The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NEW which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Innovative crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEW | 50 % | 3 |
| NOVEL | 18 % | 5 |
| SEMINAL | 11 % | 7 |
| ORIGINAL | 7 % | 8 |
| ARTY | 7 % | 4 |
| UNORTHODOX | 4 % | 10 |
| AVANTGARDE | 4 % | 10 |
Why may NEW be the right solution?
The word "new" means innovative or original, suggesting something that is fresh or inventive.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Innovative
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- innovational
- original
- advanced
- modern
- forward-looking
- progressive
- innovatory
- innovation
- innovator
- ground-breaking
- inventive
- groundbreaking
Crossword Answer definitions
NEW noun- Things that are new.
- A kind of light beer.
- A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
- To make new; to recreate; to renew.
- Recently made, or created.
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Newborn.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- Newly (especially in composition).
- As new; from scratch.
- To create (an object) by calling its constructor.
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 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 NOVEL
- "Gone with the Wind" or "Marjorie Morningstar"
- Christie specialty
- Unique
- Great American ___
- "Mockingjay," e.g.
- Original
- Many a self-published book
- eBook category
- Iberia or Hawaii
- Fresh
More clues leading to the result SEMINAL
- Highly original
- Formative
- Groundbreaking
- Highly original and influential
- Original and influential
- Pioneering
- Highly innovative
- Innovative
- Germinative
- Originative
More clues leading to the result ORIGINAL
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 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