Thomas ___ Edison
The crossword clue "Thomas ___ Edison" is answered by ALVA, a 4-letter entry. Used 163 times across 51 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 26 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALVA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALVA answer page.
Used 163 times across 51 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 26 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALVA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALVA, most used first.
- Edison's middle name - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
- Menlo Park middle name - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of T.A.E. - used 33 times, most recently in 2015
- Part of TAE - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Thomas Edison's middle name - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
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