Inventor's goal
The crossword clue "Inventor's goal" is answered by PATENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PATENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PATENT answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. 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.
- BETTERMOUSETRAP (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for PATENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PATENT, most used first.
- Obvious - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Inventor's protection - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Inventor's document - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Gizmo protector - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Inventor's paper - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Invention protection - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- It may be pending - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Inventor's quest - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Manifest. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Ultimate goal - ENDALL, used 46 times
- Professor's goal - TENURE, used 24 times
- Reach, as a goal - ATTAIN, used 21 times
- Goal - TARGET, used 16 times
- Set a lofty goal - ASPIRE, used 9 times
- Teacher's goal - TENURE, used 8 times
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