"The Lord of the Rings" creature

The answer

ENT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENT answer page.

Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ORC (4 uses in xd)
• DWARF (1 uses in xd)
• GOLLUM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ENT

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

• Tolkien creature - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
• Tolkien tree creature - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Med. specialty - used 70 times, most recently in 2023
• Sinus doc - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Noun suffix. - used 31 times, most recently in 2001
• Suffix with differ - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Adjective suffix. - used 27 times, most recently in 2006
• Suffix with absorb - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Tolkien's Treebeard, for one - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Lord of the Rings" tree creature - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Common suffix. - used 19 times, most recently in 1968
• Tolkien's Treebeard, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Sinusitis doc - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Adjective ending. - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Sinus specialist, for short - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Fangorn Forest dweller - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Suffix with exist - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Tolkien forest creature - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Suffix with persist - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Tolkien tree being - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• MD specialty - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• MD's specialty - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Otolaryngologist, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sinus specialist, briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix for differ - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Tolkien tree - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Sinusitis-treating MD - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Tolkien forest giant - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Tolkien tree-man - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Depend end - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Med. specialist - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Otolaryngologist, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with respond - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tolkien character - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Ending for absorb - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Fangorn Forest denizen - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Laryngitis doc - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Lord of the Rings" creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• "Lord of the Rings" tree creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Otolaryngology doc - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Otoscope user, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Tonsillitis-treating MD - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Treelike creature in "The Lord of the Rings" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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