Verizon acquisition of 2015

The answer

AOL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AOL answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AOL

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

• "You've got mail" co. - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
• MSN rival - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• "You've got mail" company - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• "You've got mail" ISP - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Popular ISP - used 57 times, most recently in 2020
• Pioneering ISP - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Gmail alternative - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• MSN alternative - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Early ISP - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• ISP giant - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• MSN competitor - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Hotmail alternative - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Dial-up pioneer - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "You've got mail" email provider - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Yahoo! rival - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Yahoo! alternative - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Cyberspace initials - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• IM provider - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Verizon subsidiary - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Pioneering email provider - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Yahoo! competitor - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Big name on the Internet - used 12 times, most recently in 2004
• Earthlink competitor - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• IM pioneer - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• One way to the WWW - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• MapQuest owner - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• ___ Instant Messenger - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of many e-mail addresses - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Earthlink rival - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• It merged with Time Warner - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of some e-mail addresses - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• 2015 Verizon acquisition - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Instant messaging pioneer - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Major ISP - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Time Warner partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Letters in some email addresses - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Moviefone owner - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• "You've got mail" letters - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Internet pioneer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Time Warner buyer - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Verizon purchase of 2015 - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Web giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Verizon forerunner - GTE, used 29 times
• Beach acquisition - TAN, used 21 times
• Salon acquisition - TAN, used 14 times
• Verizon rival - ATT, used 8 times
• 2006 Verizon acquisition - MCI, used 6 times
• Beachgoer's acquisition - TAN, used 6 times

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