Institution founded in 1701

The answer

YALE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YALE answer page.

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for YALE

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

• Harvard rival - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• New Haven school - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Ivy League school - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• New Haven university - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Ivy League member - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
• Connecticut campus - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• New Haven campus - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Where Bill met Hillary - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
• Brown rival - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Ivy League school in Connecticut - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Connecticut Ivy - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Big name in locks - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Connecticut Ivy League school - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Connecticut university - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Eli's school - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Shade of blue - used 13 times, most recently in 1991
• Bush's alma mater - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Taft's alma mater - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Where the Clintons met - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Bulldogs' school - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Harvard's rival - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Jodie Foster's alma mater - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Lock name - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• New Haven Ivy - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Noah Webster alma mater - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Bulldogs' home - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Clinton's alma mater - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Its motto is "Lux et veritas" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Ivy in New Haven - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Ivy League school in New Haven - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mythical beast - used 10 times, most recently in 1993
• Bulldog's home - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Eastern campus. - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
• Lock maker - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Nathan Hale's alma mater - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Noah Webster's alma mater - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• One of the Ivies - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• School founded in 1701 - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Where Bill and Hillary met - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Brown alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Clinton alma mater - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• ___ Bowl. - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• Bulldog's school - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Eli's alma mater - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Eli's home - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Ivy League campus - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Old Eli. - used 7 times, most recently in 1980
• Rival of Harvard - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Bush alma mater - used 6 times, most recently in 2005

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.

• School founded by Henry VI - ETON, used 61 times
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• City founded by Pizarro - LIMA, used 38 times
• Capital founded by Pizarro - LIMA, used 23 times
• Company founded by Ingvar Kamprad - IKEA, used 16 times
• Furniture chain founded in Sweden - IKEA, used 16 times

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