The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PIPER which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2005.
Pay the ___ (bear the consequences) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PIPER | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pay the ___ (bear the consequences)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- endure
- hell
- piper
- stand
- abide
- afford
- suffer
- responsible
- get
- profit
- ransom
- redeem
Crossword Answer definitions
PIPER noun- A musician who plays a pipe.
- A bagpiper.
- A baby pigeon.
- A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
- A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
- A plant of the family Piperaceae.
- A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
- A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
- A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
- A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
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