Claim
The crossword clue "Claim" is answered by LIEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 4 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 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- 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
- Bank security - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- 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.
- Claim - AVER, used 41 times
- First claim, informally - DIBS, used 11 times
- "I claim that!" - DIBS, used 11 times
- Claim to be false - DENY, used 10 times
- Claim otherwise - DENY, used 8 times
- Claim to be untrue - DENY, used 8 times
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