Fairy tale beast
The crossword clue "Fairy tale beast" is answered by OGRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 50 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 15 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 50 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 15 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
- 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
- Shrek or Fiona - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Grand tale - EPIC, used 112 times
- Long tale - SAGA, used 89 times
- Epic tale - SAGA, used 87 times
- Tale teller - LIAR, used 71 times
- Fairy tale starter - ONCE, used 66 times
- Fairy tale opener - ONCE, used 59 times
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