Have bills to pay

The answer

OWE

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

Used 37 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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 in the hole - used 29 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.

• Have a bug - AIL, used 201 times
• Pay dirt - ORE, used 133 times
• Have - OWN, used 119 times
• Have a bite - EAT, used 92 times
• Have lunch - EAT, used 85 times
• Have a meal - EAT, used 84 times

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