Firstborn
The crossword clue "Firstborn" is answered by ELDEST, a 6-letter entry. Used 116 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 23 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ELDEST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELDEST answer page.
Used 116 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 23 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- OLDEST (24 uses in xd)
- ELDER (1 uses in xd)
- OLDER (1 uses in xd)
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Go by - ELAPSE, used 210 times
- Puts up - ERECTS, used 185 times
- Beethoven's Third - EROICA, used 151 times
- Main course - ENTREE, used 145 times
- Make beloved - ENDEAR, used 141 times
- Come out - EMERGE, used 130 times
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