Edison's middle name
The crossword clue "Edison's middle name" is answered by ALVA, a 4-letter entry. Used 156 times across 59 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 28 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ALVA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALVA answer page.
Used 156 times across 59 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 28 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 pilot answered by ALVA, most used first.
- Thomas ___ Edison - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
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