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OWED

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWED answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 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
• Had bills - used 18 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 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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Make over - REDO, used 404 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• All over again - ANEW, used 269 times
• Over again - ANEW, used 247 times
• "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times

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