The A of A-Rod

The answer

ALEX

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALEX answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALEX

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALEX, most used first.

• "Roots" author Haley - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Haley - used 58 times, most recently in 2022
• TV's Trebek - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
• "Jeopardy!" host Trebek - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Trebek of "Jeopardy!" - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Baseball's Rodriguez - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Haley or Trebek - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Emcee Trebek - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Quizmaster Trebek - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• "Jeopardy!" name - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Soccer star Morgan - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• The "A" in A-Rod - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• "Family Ties" son - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Michael's "Family Ties" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• "Roots" writer Haley - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Haley - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "A Clockwork Orange" narrator - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Trebek of TV - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• TV host Trebek - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Drummer Van Halen - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Family Ties" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Game show host Trebek - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Man's nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
• "A Clockwork Orange" protagonist - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Family Ties" role - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Host Trebek - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Slugger Rodriguez - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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