Attribute

The answer

OWE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWE answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. 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.

• TRAIT (30 uses in xd)
• ASCRIBE (18 uses in xd)
• IMPUTE (9 uses in xd)
• QUALITY (5 uses in xd)
• REFER (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for OWE

Every other clue in this collection answered by OWE, most used first.

• Have debts - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
• Have bills - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
• Be in debt - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Be in the red - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Need to pay - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Be indebted to - used 81 times, most recently in 2025
• Be in arrears - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Be beholden to - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Be behind - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• "I ___ you one" - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Need to repay - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• See red? - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
• Have bills to pay - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Carry a balance - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Be shy - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Be in debt to - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Be short - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Have a tab - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of IOU - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Be indebted - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Come up short - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Be in the hole - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Be obligated to - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Be in hock - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Have unpaid bills - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Run up a tab - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Get behind - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Have markers out - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• Have creditors - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Be obliged to - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Have to pay - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of i.o.u. - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Run a tab - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Be obligated - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Be obliged - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Have to pay back - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Be outstanding? - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Have a payment due - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Have obligations - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Have to repay - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Have yet to pay - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Be behind on bills - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Fall behind - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Have a debt - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Have chits out - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Run a tab, say - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ it to yourself" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Have debt - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "To what do I ___..." - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• "To what do I ___ the pleasure?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• What borrowers do - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Have bills due - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "I ___ you big-time" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Be behind, in a way - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Need to pay back - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Be short, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Must pay - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Need to reimburse - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• The "O" in IOU - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ me!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Have a mortgage, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Have debts to pay - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Run a deficit - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• "You ___ me one" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Be a debtor - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Have a balance - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Have a mortgage - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Have a mortgage, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• IOU component - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Verb in IOU - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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