Jacob's twin
The crossword clue "Jacob's twin" is answered by ESAU, a 4-letter entry. Used 444 times across 55 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 30 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 444 times across 55 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 30 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.
- EDOM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ESAU
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ESAU, most used first.
- Biblical twin - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
- Jacob's brother - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
- Genesis twin - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Son of Isaac - used 106 times, most recently in 2024
- Isaac's eldest - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Birthright barterer - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
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