Phonograph inventor
The crossword clue "Phonograph inventor" is answered by EDISON, a 6-letter entry. Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EDISON
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDISON answer page.
Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EDISON
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDISON, most used first.
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- Tesla rival - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Inventor Thomas - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Wizard of Menlo Park - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Menlo Park name - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Tesla's rival - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Inventor Otis - ELISHA, used 30 times
- Inventor Tesla - NIKOLA, used 24 times
- Phonograph needle - STYLUS, used 23 times
- Inventor Edison - THOMAS, used 8 times
- Burner inventor - BUNSEN, used 6 times
- Elevator inventor Otis - ELISHA, used 6 times
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