Folklore monster

The answer

OGRE

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

Used 61 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 11 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.

• ORGE (2 uses in xd)
• TROLL (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
• 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
• Fairy tale beast - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Shrek or Fiona - used 48 times, most recently in 2026

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• ___ Ness monster - LOCH, used 57 times
• The Loch __ monster - NESS, used 47 times

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