Yale.

The answer

ELI

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

Used 33 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 4 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.

• ELIHU (10 uses in xd)
• CLI (1 uses in xd)
• MYTHICALBEAST (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELI

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

• Inventor Whitney - used 400 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale student - used 326 times, most recently in 2026
• Quarterback Manning - used 273 times, most recently in 2026
• Yalie - used 253 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Wallach - used 245 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale rooter - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Ivy Leaguer - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Peyton's brother - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Yale grad - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• New Haven student - used 85 times, most recently in 2025
• Samuel's teacher - used 83 times, most recently in 2023
• New Haven collegian - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• QB Manning - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Connecticut collegian - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Whitney - used 54 times, most recently in 2016
• Whitney or Wallach - used 53 times, most recently in 2023
• Wallach - used 52 times, most recently in 1999
• Certain Ivy Leaguer - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Lilly of pharmaceuticals - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Two-time Super Bowl MVP Manning - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Samuel's mentor - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Biblical judge - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
• Pharmaceutical giant ___ Lilly - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• "Boola Boola" singer - used 41 times, most recently in 2018
• Bulldog backer - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Cotton gin inventor Whitney - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Wallach or Whitney - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Bulldog booster - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Former Giants quarterback Manning - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical priest - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
• "Hostel" director Roth - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Director Roth - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Giant Manning - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Ransom ___ Olds - used 29 times, most recently in 2014
• Yale alum - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Manning of the NFL - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Giants quarterback Manning - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Horror director Roth - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Mr. Whitney - used 25 times, most recently in 2009
• Yale man - used 25 times, most recently in 2009
• Clockmaker Terry - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Wallach of "The Magnificent Seven" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• __ Lilly - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• New Haven Ivy Leaguer - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Crimson rival - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Country music's ___ Young Band - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Before - ERE, used 733 times
• Greek vowel - ETA, used 549 times
• Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
• Greek letter - ETA, used 512 times
• Mess up - ERR, used 508 times
• Work unit - ERG, used 488 times

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