Cotton gin inventor Eli Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Cotton gin inventor Eli . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is WHITNEY.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WHITNEY Cotton gin inventor Eli (7)
4% ELI ___ Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin (3) New York Times Nov 3, 2025
3% CREATED Was the inventor of (7) Newsday Nov 25, 2025
3% TONIC Gin and __ (5) Commuter Nov 22, 2025
3% ELI WHITNEY American inventor of the cotton gin (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Oct 17, 2021
3% BELIEWHITNEY Contradict the inventor of the cotton gin? (12) Premier Sunday Jul 5, 2020
3% ELIWHITNEY Inventor of the cotton gin (10) New York Times Aug 21, 2017
2% NOBEL Dynamite inventor (5) Thomas Joseph Nov 27, 2025
2% PATENTS Inventors' protections (7) Newsday Nov 26, 2025
2% CROP Corn or cotton (4) USA Today Nov 23, 2025
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