Inventor's starting point
The crossword clue "Inventor's starting point" is answered by IDEA, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IDEA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDEA answer page.
Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IDEA
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDEA, most used first.
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- Concept - used 422 times, most recently in 2026
- Brainstorm - used 311 times, most recently in 2026
- Thought - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
- Inkling - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
- Brainchild - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
- Creative thought - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Creative spark - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- "What's the big ___?" - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Conception - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
- Impression - used 61 times, most recently in 2023
- Inspiration - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Mental flash - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- "The very ___!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Think tank output - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
- Bright thought - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- It's a thought - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- "I had no ___!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Think tank product - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Creative notion - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Fancy - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Flash of inspiration - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Sneaking suspicion - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Brainstorming result - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Inventor's inspiration - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Light bulb, in comics - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Creative flash - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Opinion - used 29 times, most recently in 2013
- Think tank nugget - used 28 times, most recently in 2019
- Brain wave - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Writer's block breakthrough - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Creative germ - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- "Hey, what's the big ___?" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Inventor's spark - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- High point - ACME, used 277 times
- Highest point - ACME, used 145 times
- At any point - EVER, used 139 times
- High point - APEX, used 123 times
- Highest point - APEX, used 90 times
- Starting from - ASOF, used 89 times
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