Had bills
The crossword clue "Had bills" is answered by OWED, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OWED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWED answer page.
Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 10 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
- Had bills to pay - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Ran up a tab - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Was in arrears - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Was beholden to - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Had a debt - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Was behind - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Was obligated to - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Was short - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Had to pay - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Carried a balance - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Had markers out - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Saw red? - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- Was obligated - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Had bills due - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Had to repay - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Not yet repaid - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Was beholden - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Got behind - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Needed to pay - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Needed to repay - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not yet forked over - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Not yet paid - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Was in debt to - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Was in hock - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Came up short - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Had obligations - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Still unpaid - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Was obliged to - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Yet to be paid - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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
- Dollar bills - ONES, used 135 times
- Bar bills - TABS, used 83 times
- Wallet bills - ONES, used 56 times
- Till bills - ONES, used 53 times
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