Pays out
The crossword clue "Pays out" is answered by SPENDS, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPENDS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPENDS answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPENDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPENDS, most used first.
- Shells out - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Lays out - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Uses up - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Disburses - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Goes on a shopping spree - 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.
- Come out - EMERGE, used 130 times
- Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
- Draw out - ELICIT, used 101 times
- Out of bed - ARISEN, used 80 times
- Bring out - ELICIT, used 63 times
- Cancel out - NEGATE, used 61 times
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