Bank security
The crossword clue "Bank security" is answered by LIEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LIEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIEN answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 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 collection link to their own answer page.
- PINNUMBERS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIEN, most used first.
- Property claim - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
- Legal claim - used 148 times, most recently in 2025
- Mortgage - used 63 times, most recently in 2021
- Bank claim - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Claim against property - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Bank holding - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Claim on property - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Creditor's claim - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Bank's property claim - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Lender's security - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Property encumbrance - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
- Legal right - used 22 times, most recently in 2006
- Encumbrance - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
- Mortgage, e.g. - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Property attachment - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Debt security - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Financial claim - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- It may be on the house - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Legal claim on property - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Property right - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Claim on a house - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Lender's recourse - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Claim - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Security interest - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Lender's claim - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Claim on a property - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Hold on property - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Lender's protection - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Borrower's burden - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Debtor's burden - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Claim on a home - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Legal encumbrance - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Security for a debt - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Bank (on) - RELY, used 127 times
- Bank offering - LOAN, used 82 times
- Bank deposit? - SILT, used 68 times
- Bank transaction - LOAN, used 57 times
- Piggy bank opening - SLOT, used 54 times
- Bank - RELY, used 37 times
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