Definition of ODD

odd

Plural: odds

Adjective

  • Unusual, strange, or not even in number.
  • not divisible by two

Adjective Satellite

  • not easily explained
    • "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"
  • an indefinite quantity more than that specified
    • "invited 30-odd guests"
  • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    • "had an odd name"
  • of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.
  • not used up
    • "some odd dollars left"

Adj

  • Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
  • Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
  • Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
  • Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
  • Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
  • Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
  • Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
  • Not regular or planned.
  • Used or employed for odd jobs.
  • Numerically indivisible by two.
  • Numbered with an odd number.
  • About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
  • Out of the way, secluded.
  • On the left.
  • Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding.

Noun

  • One that is unusual, peculiar, or left over.
  • Something left over, not forming part of a set.
  • An odd number.

Examples

  • but for the odd exception
  • He considered the lone ’Q’ on his rack an ODDity, waiting for its perfect spot.
  • He served from the odd court.
  • He's only worked odd jobs.
  • How do I print only the odd pages?
  • I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.
  • I'm the odd one out.
  • It was an ODD strategy to save all the vowels, but it somehow worked in Words With Friends.
  • I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.
  • Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
  • She slept in, which was very odd.
  • So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.
  • The product of two odd numbers is also odd.
  • There were thirty-odd people in the room.

Origin / Etymology

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”).
Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").

Synonyms

curious, funny, left, left over, leftover, peculiar, queer, remaining, rum, rummy, singular, uneven, unexpended, unmatched, unmated, unpaired, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, deviant, discrepant, eerie, eldritch, errant, exceptional, extraordinary, fey, forby, freak, freakish, freaky, fremd, heteroclite, hinky, incongruitous, incongruous, irregular, kooky, mismatched, monstrous, nonstandard, odd, out of the ordinary, outlandish, outré, quaint, queer as Dick's hatband, queer as a clockwork orange, queer as a coot, queer as a nine bob note, queer as a three dollar bill, rare, selcouth, seld, single, strange, trippy, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unearthly, unexpected, unreasonable, unusual, unwonted, weird, weirdsome, yampy

Scrabble Score: 5

odd: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
odd: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
odd: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

odd: valid Words With Friends Word