Outstanding
The crossword clue "Outstanding" is answered by OWED, a 4-letter entry. Used 35 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 12 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 35 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 12 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.
- UNPAID (11 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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- Spoken - ORAL, used 725 times
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- Aware of - ONTO, used 619 times
- Killer whale - ORCA, used 553 times
- Approximately - ORSO, used 489 times
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