"Lord of the Rings" monster

The answer

ORC

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Dungeons & Dragons beast - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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