Has to pay back
The crossword clue "Has to pay back" is answered by OWES, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OWES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWES answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 8 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
- Has bills to pay - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Is short - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Is indebted - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Has creditors - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Carries a balance - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Has a mortgage - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Has markers out - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Hasn't paid yet - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Is in arrears - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Is obligated to - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Has a balance due - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Is behind - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Needs to pay - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Needs to repay - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Has a tab - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in debt to - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Is obligated - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Must pay - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Has to pay - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Hasn't ponied up - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Has a balance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Has outstanding bills - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Has to repay - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Needs to pay back - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Has obligations - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Has a debt - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Has a mortgage, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Has unpaid bills - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Hasn't yet paid - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in hock - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Is shy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Runs a tab - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Comes up short - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Has a mortgage, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Has chits out - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Is behind, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Is shy, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Takes credit - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Back talk - SASS, used 334 times
- Back of the neck - NAPE, used 264 times
- Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
- Talk back to - SASS, used 156 times
- Pay attention to - HEED, used 130 times
- Has a bug - AILS, used 98 times
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