Second name in inventions
The crossword clue "Second name in inventions" is answered by ALVA, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALVA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALVA answer page.
Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 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.
- Thomas ___ Edison - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Inventor's middle name - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
- Menlo Park name - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
- Inventing middle name - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Middle name in the National Inventors Hall of Fame - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- First name in jazz - ELLA, used 79 times
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