Had bills to pay
The crossword clue "Had bills to pay" is answered by OWED, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OWED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWED answer page.
Used 22 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OWED
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWED, most used first.
- Was in debt - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in the red - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Had debts - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Was indebted to - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Due - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Outstanding - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Was indebted - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in the hole - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
- Ran a tab - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Unpaid - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Small bills - ONES, used 324 times
- Had on - WORE, used 252 times
- Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
- Dollar bills - ONES, used 135 times
- Pay attention to - HEED, used 130 times
- Bar bills - TABS, used 83 times
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