Mythical monsters
The crossword clue "Mythical monsters" is answered by ORCS, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORCS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORCS answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 5 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.
- DRAGONS (1 uses in xd)
- HARPIES (1 uses in xd)
- KRAKENS (1 uses in xd)
- SEASERPENTS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORCS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORCS, most used first.
- Grampuses - used 32 times, most recently in 2012
- Tolkien creatures - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Tolkien baddies - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Killer whales - used 17 times, most recently in 2001
- Tolkien monsters - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Tolkien villains - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Dungeons & Dragons creatures - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Tolkien beasts - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Middle-earth menaces - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Dungeons & Dragons beasts - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Tolkien brutes - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Lord of the Rings" baddies - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Tolkien henchmen - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Mythical ship - ARGO, used 44 times
- Mythical birds - ROCS, used 42 times
- Mythical river - STYX, used 29 times
- Mythical archer - EROS, used 28 times
- Mythical monster - OGRE, used 20 times
- Jason's mythical craft - ARGO, used 15 times
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