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 pilot data itself.
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ALVA
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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.
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- Edison's middle name - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
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