Big brute
The crossword clue "Big brute" is answered by OGRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OGRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OGRE answer page.
Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for OGRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by OGRE, most used first.
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- Fairy tale fiend - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek is one - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale meanie - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
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- Fairy tale beast - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek or Fiona - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Bogeyman - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
- Villain - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
- Grimm beast - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Fairy tale brute - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Grimm character - used 29 times, most recently in 2018
- Grimm villain - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
- Fairy-tale heavy - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Fiend - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Storybook meanie - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek, for example - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
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