Fairy tale meanie

The answer

OGRE

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

Used 51 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 14 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.

• TROLL (8 uses in xd)
• OGRESS (2 uses in xd)
• STEPSISTER (2 uses in xd)
• CRONE (1 uses in xd)
• EVILQUEEN (1 uses in xd)

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 beast - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• 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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