Middle-earth meanie
The crossword clue "Middle-earth meanie" is answered by ORC, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORC answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 3 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
- "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
- 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.
- Earth-friendly prefix - ECO, used 181 times
- Earth Day mo. - APR, used 86 times
- Earth: Prefix - GEO, used 74 times
- Earth (Pref.) - GEO, used 40 times
- Middle of summer? - EMS, used 39 times
- Simile middle - ASA, used 28 times
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