Yahoo! alternative
The crossword clue "Yahoo! alternative" is answered by AOL, a 3-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AOL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AOL answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GOOGLE (2 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Verizon acquisition of 2015 - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- "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
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