Jacob's brother
The crossword clue "Jacob's brother" is answered by ESAU, a 4-letter entry. Used 143 times across 49 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ESAU
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESAU answer page.
Used 143 times across 49 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ESAU
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ESAU, most used first.
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- Genesis twin - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Son of Isaac - used 106 times, most recently in 2024
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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.
- Cain's brother - ABEL, used 144 times
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- Brother of Cain - ABEL, used 102 times
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