Has bills to pay
The crossword clue "Has bills to pay" is answered by OWES, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OWES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWES answer page.
Used 25 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OWES
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWES, most used first.
- Has debts - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Is in the red - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Is indebted to - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Is in debt - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Has bills - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in the hole - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Is beholden to - used 26 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
- Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
- Dollar bills - ONES, used 135 times
- Pay attention to - HEED, used 130 times
- Has a bug - AILS, used 98 times
- Has - OWNS, used 84 times
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