Yields a return

The answer

PAYS

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PAYS

Every other clue in this collection answered by PAYS, most used first.

• Is worth it - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Foots the bill - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Picks up the check - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Is worthwhile - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Picks up the tab - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Remits - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Compensates - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Forks over - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Remunerates - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Shells out - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Is profitable - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Ponies up - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Settles the bill - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Is beneficial - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Settles a bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Settles a debt - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Settles up - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Yields - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Point ___ return - OFNO, used 27 times
• "Return of the Jedi" creature - EWOK, used 19 times
• Vein yields - ORES, used 19 times
• Yields to gravity - SAGS, used 18 times
• Mine yields - ORES, used 17 times
• "Return of the Jedi" critter - EWOK, used 13 times

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