Eighth son of Jacob

The answer

ASHER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASHER answer page.

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ASHER

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

• Son of Jacob - used 45 times, most recently in 2022
• "My Name Is ___ Lev" - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Jacob's eighth son - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• One of the 12 tribes of Israel - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Tribe of Israel - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• A son of Jacob - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "My Name is ___ Lev" (Potok novel) - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• One of Israel's 12 tribes - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Peter of Peter and Gordon - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• A tribe of Israel - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Potok's "My Name Is ___ Lev" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Eighth Greek letter - THETA, used 45 times
• Henry Ford's son - EDSEL, used 44 times
• John Jacob ___ - ASTOR, used 37 times
• Son of Cain - ENOCH, used 37 times
• Fur trader John Jacob - ASTOR, used 31 times
• Furrier John Jacob - ASTOR, used 31 times

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