Yale is an Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut. The crossword solutions for the term Yale are ELI (3 letters), ELIHU (5 letters), and MYTHICALBEAST (13 letters). ELI is a shortened form of the name Elihu Yale, who was a wealthy merchant, philanthropist, and governor of the British East India Company. ELIHU is the full name of Elihu Yale. MYTHICALBEAST is a reference to the Yale mascot, the Yale Bulldog, which is a mythical beast that is part bulldog and part lion.