Blunderbore.

The answer

OGRE

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

Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 1986; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OGRE

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

• Shrek, for one - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
• Monster - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale monster - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
• Shrek, e.g. - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale baddie - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale villain - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Meanie - used 92 times, most recently in 2025
• Storybook monster - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Folklore fiend - used 62 times, most recently in 2024
• Folklore monster - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Brute - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• Beast - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Big brute - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Storybook brute - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Folklore meanie - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Mythical monster - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Folklore brute - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Folklore villain - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Storybook baddie - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Giant. - used 16 times, most recently in 1971
• Cruel person - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Fairy tale character. - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• Brutish sort - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Fairy tale meany - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Grimm baddie - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Mythical meanie - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Fairy tale menace - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Shrek or Fiona, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Brute of folklore - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fire-breathing boss - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Tyrant - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Cruel brute - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cruel dude - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Dictatorial boss - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Mean one - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Nasty sort - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbarian - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Bugaboo - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Cruel fellow - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Cruel sort - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Fabled monster - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Fairy tale antagonist - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy-tale creature - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Grim Grimm character - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Grimm figure - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• "Puss in Boots" villain - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Beastly sort - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Brutish boss - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Creature like Shrek - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Dungeons & Dragons monster - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy-tale figure - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Fee-faw-fum. - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Fiend of folklore - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Fiona or Shrek - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mean dude - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "Puss in Boots" beast - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Shrek, for instance - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Shrek, notably - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Big meanie - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Cruel one - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Fairy tale bad guy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Folklore beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Storybook heavy - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Bad guy - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Brutish one - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Bugbear - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Folklore figure. - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Grimm fiend - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Grimm heavy - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Hideous creature - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Horrible boss - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Man-eating monster - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Scary character - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Shrek's species - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Barbarous person - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Beastly character - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Beastly creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Bedtime story baddie - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cruel character - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Dreaded person - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Frightful giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Grim Grimm guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Grimm creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Grimm fellow - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Hideous giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Man-eating giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Nasty brute - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• No Mr. Nice Guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Storybook villain - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Troll's kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Tyrannical sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• World of Warcraft beast - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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• Killer whale - ORCA, used 553 times
• Approximately - ORSO, used 489 times

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