Mean ones
The crossword clue "Mean ones" is answered by OGRES, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OGRES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OGRES answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OGRES
Every other clue in this collection answered by OGRES, most used first.
- Fairy tale monsters - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Monsters - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale baddies - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Meanies - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale villains - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek and Fiona - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Shrek and Fiona, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek and Fiona, for two - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek and others - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Fairy-tale fiends - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Story meanies - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Fairy tale beasts - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Baddies - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Fairy tale meanies - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Frightful giants - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale bullies - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Folklore heavies - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Folklore monsters - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Mythical monsters - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Barbarians - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Big brutes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Grimm beasts - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Grimm characters - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Mythical meanies - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Shrek et al. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Wise ones - SAGES, used 133 times
- Loved ones - DEARS, used 75 times
- The ones here - THESE, used 71 times
- Mean-spirited - NASTY, used 59 times
- The ones over there - THOSE, used 41 times
- Innocent ones - BABES, used 33 times
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