Dungeons & Dragons beast

The answer

ORC

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORC answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 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.

• OGRE (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for ORC

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

• Tolkien monster - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Grampus - used 49 times, most recently in 2007
• Mythical monster - used 48 times, most recently in 2024
• Tolkien beast - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Tolkien creature - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Tolkien baddie - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Killer whale - used 26 times, most recently in 2012
• "The Lord of the Rings" baddie - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Lord of the Rings" beast - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Middle-earth monster - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Tolkien ogre - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Lord of the Rings" monster - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Middle-earth baddie - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Tolkien brute - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Tolkien menace - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Middle-earth menace - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tolkien terror - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sea monster - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Tolkien villain - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Dungeons & Dragons monster - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Lord of the Rings" creature - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Lord of the Rings" monster - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Middle Earth marauder - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Tolkien cannibal - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Tolkien fiend - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Fantasy monster - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Middle-earth meanie - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sea animal. - used 7 times, most recently in 1970
• Servant of Sauron - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Whale - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Evil Tolkien creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Foe of Frodo - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Hobbit enemy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Lord of the Rings" baddie - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Lord of the Rings" beast - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Beast of burden - ASS, used 289 times
• Braying beast - ASS, used 179 times
• Bearded beast - GNU, used 119 times
• Chest-beating beast - APE, used 44 times
• Antlered beast - ELK, used 43 times
• Balaam's beast - ASS, used 43 times

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