U.S. inventor
The crossword clue "U.S. inventor" is answered by HOWE, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1975; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOWE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOWE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1975; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 1 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.
- FULTON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HOWE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOWE, most used first.
- Sewing machine inventor - used 39 times, most recently in 2021
- Hockey great Gordie - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Inventor Elias - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Hockey's Gordie - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hockey legend Gordie - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Gordie of hockey - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Suffragist Julia Ward ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Gordie of the NHL - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- "Battle Hymn . . . " composer - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
- Julia Ward ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Sewing machine inventor Elias - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Elias or Gordie - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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- Diving-bell inventor - EADS, used 22 times
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