Clues for the word "OGRE"
We've had 616 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 2453 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 17, 2026.
Definition of ogre
- n. - An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
Referring Clues
- Fairy tale villain
- Meanie
- Grimm villain
- Nightmarish boss
- Fiend
- Bogeyman
- Brute
- Menace
- Nasty sort
- Very nasty sort
- Snake, so to speak
- The Grinch was one
- Evil one
- Grimm character
- Mean one
- Bugbear
- Fearsome one
- Grimm figure
- More than a goblin
- Folklore fiend
- Tyrant
- Ghoul
- Monster
- Fiend of dreams
- Fairy tale menace
- No Mr. Nice Guy
- Grimm beast
- "Fee, fi, fo, fum" caller
- Horrible boss
- Folklore meany
- Monster of a boss?
- Shrek, for one
- "The Lord of the Rings" figure
- Shrek, e.g.
- Beast
- Folklore meanie
- Mean man
- Unpleasant one
- No friendly fellow
- Blackguard
- Storybook meanie
- Villain
- Hideous sort
- Snarly sort
- Frightener
- Fairy-tale menace
- Fairy-tale meanie
- Fairy-tale fiend
- Fairy tale meanie
- Tyrannical sort
- Big brute
- No gentle giant
- Dungeons & Dragons figure
- Cruel one
- Cruel person
- Dungeons & Dragons character
- Man-eating giant
- Fee-faw-fum
- Monster in a fairy tale
- Grimm fiend
- Fairy tale fiend
- Fairy tale meany
- Fiend of folklore
- Folklore monster
- Mean dude
- Monstrously ugly one
- Fairy tale baddie
- Shrek, for instance
- Dungeons & Dragons monster
- Fairy tale monster
- Monstrous meanie
- Creature from "The Lord of the Rings"
- Beast from "The Lord of the Rings"
- Beastly bloke
- Fairy-tale brute
- Cruel dude
- Mike Myers voiced one in 2001
- Villain in many fairy tales
- Beast of many a fairy tale
- Fiendish fellow
- Grimm meany
- Scary character
- Tyrannical type
- Grotesque beastie
- Fairy tale beast
- Fairy-tale baddie
- Bugaboo
- Horribly uncouth fiend
- Baddie
- Frightful folklore figure
- Folklore figure
- Folklore baddie
- Storybook monster
- Giant who's not jolly
- Figure in Magic: The Gathering
- Nightmare figure
- Jack's giant, e.g.
- Grim Grimm character
- Dictatorial boss
- Bedtime story baddie
- Damsel mistreater
- Barbarous person
- Golliwogg
- Dreaded person
- When repeated, one of Piers Anthony's "Xanth" fantasy novels
- Winston, in "Time Bandits"
- ___ Battle (video game)
- Fairy tale brute
- Meanie of fairy tales
- Storybook baddie
- Overbearing sort
- Dungeons & Dragons giant
- One may put a damsel in distress
- Shrek or Fiona
- Nasty type
- Grimm monster
- Bad guy
- Grimm bad guy
- Filmdom's Shrek, for one
- Barbarian
- Troll's cousin
- Cruel character
- Grimm creature
- Shrek or Fiona, e.g.
- Monstrous one
- Fairy-tale villain
- Fairy-tale monster
- Fairy-tale heavy
- Fantasy villain
- One to avoid
- Brutish dude
- Brutish sort
- Damsel antagonist
- Grimm meanie
- Nightmare of a boss
- Mean person
- Fearsome employer
- Very mean one
- Very mean boss
- Cruel sort
- Fairy-tale figure
- Beastly sort
- Grimm goon
- Brutish one
- Mythical beast
- Tyrannical one
- Folklore villain
- Shrek is one
- Brutish boss
- Hideous giant
- Monster of a boss
- Brutish man
- Inhuman brute
- Storybook giant
- Fabled meanie
- Animated Fiona, e.g.
- Mike Myers creature
- Mythical monster
- "Puss in Boots" beast
- Fearsome storybook figure
- Mean-tempered fellow
- Grimm fellow
- Fairy-tale beast
- Tough boss
- Mythical meanie
- Kid lit baddie
- 38-Down is one
- Gummi Bear's foe
- Beastly character
- Legendary meanie
- Monster of legend
- Villain in some fairy tales
- "Puss in Boots" beast
- Cruel brute
- Shrek, notably
- Storybook villain
- Beast in some fairy tales
- Grimm creation
- Frightful giant
- Awful meanie
- Cruel fellow
- Brutish beast
- Giant of folklore
- D&D character
- Fairy-tale villain, often
- Grimm heavy
- Fabled monster
- Hideous creature
- Human-eater, in folklore
- Scary figure
- Grim Grimm guy
- Cantankerous sort
- Tyrannical boss
- "Puss in Boots" villain
- Beastly fairy tale creature
- Brute of folklore
- Princess Fiona, e.g.
- Mean fellow
- Grumpy boss
- Mean boss
- Ymir, for one
- Troll's kin
- Nursery baddie
- Storybook brute
- Nasty boss
- Nursery-rhyme baddie
- Big meanie
- "Fee fi fo fum" sayer
- What Shrek is
- Grimm baddie
- Baddie in Perrault's tales
- Figure in Tom Thumb tales
- Foul-tempered one
- Big bad boss
- Fairy-tale character
- D character
- Fairy-tale creature
- Dungeons & Dragons creature
- Evil beast
- Giant
- Troll
- Norse giant
- "Puss in Boots" figure
- Folklore brute
- Folklore beast
- Storybook beast
- Storybook character
- People devourer
- Minotaur, e.g.
- Damsel distresser
- Mother Goose baddie
- Princess Fiona, for one
- Hideous humanoid
- Hideous monster
- Shrek, for example
- Giant in a nightmare, maybe
- Story monster
- Shrek, for one
- Fairy tale baddie -
- Shrek for example ,
- Shrek for one,
- Mean beast
- Cruel beast
- Real meanie
- Fairy tale antagonist
- Storybook heavy
- Fearsome figure
- Purple people eater, e.g.
- One to avoid reporting to
- Common enemy in Dungeons & Dragons
- Figure in "Jack and the Beanstalk"
- Fiona or Shrek
- Shrek, famously
- Mythical man-eater
- Grotesque giant
- Mean monster of fairy tales
- Really cruel guy
- Monster of folk tales
- Man-eating monster of myth
- Storybook fiend
- Hard-to-please type
- Fire-breathing boss
- Fairy-tale meany
- Fantasy fiend
- Barbarous one
- "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" figure
- Hardly a nice guy
- The giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk," e.g.
- Brute of legend
- Mythical malefactor
- Baddie of lore
- Cruel taskmaster
- Grumpy hubby, maybe
- Grimm nasty
- Grimm menace
- Gruesome sort
- The animated Shrek is one
- Beast of fables
- Villian
- Bad thing in fairy tales
- Mythical maneater
- Troll's larger kin
- Jack's giant
- Cruel boss
- Basis for Tolkien's orcs
- Man-eating monster
- Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g.
- Creature outwitted by Hop-o'-My-Thumb
- Unlikely mate for a princess
- Man-eating meanie of myth
- Hideous one
- Beastly boss, e.g.
- Mean sort
- "Dungeons & Dragons" figure
- Fearsome fairy tale figure
- Dreamworks feature creature
- Grumpy guy
- Intimidating type
- Fairy tale figure
- Kid-lit baddie
- Bad-tempered boss, maybe
- Animated Shrek
- Dreaded character
- Fairy-tale nemesis
- Major menace
- Scary giant
- Brutish fairy tale being
- Dreadful giant
- Mythical giant
- Horrifying beast
- Fairy tale bad guy
- Man-eater
- Nasty guy
- Grim bad guy
- Fearsome boss
- Fairy tale heavy
- Grimm (or grim?) character
- People eater, perhaps
- One carrying a spiked club, maybe
- "Once Upon a Time" antagonist
- Kiddie-lit monster
- Fairy tale nemesis, sometimes
- See 35-Across
- Beastly character of nursery rhymes
- Fairy-tale giant
- Jack's giant, for one
- Hulking beast
- Folklore monstrosity
- "Puss in Boots" baddie
- Barbarous type
- Hideous beast
- Beast of fairy tales
- Monstrous villain
- Bad-tempered boss
- Grimm brute
- Ferocious creature
- World of Warcraft monster
- Savage
- Less kissable fairy tale figure
- Barbaric sort
- Any creature like Shrek
- Kiddie lit monster
- Beast of kid literature
- Creature like Shrek
- Especially cruel boss
- Brutish beast of folklore
- Shrek is an animated one
- Monster of leg
- Grimm bully
- Brutish creature of folklore
- Beast like Shrek
- Couth he is not
- Despotic boss
- "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" villain
- Fantasy game role
- Puss in Boots adversary
- "World of Warcraft" beast
- Kid lit monster
- Brutish monster
- Grotesque folklore figure
- Princess Fiona, after sunset
- Beastly fairy-tale creature
- Fairy tale giant
- Man-eater of folklore
- Fantasy beast
- One who's hardly hospitable
- Legendary brute
- Grimm guy
- Folklore giant
- Folktale monster
- Frightening figure
- "ee, fi, fo, fum"caller
- Fiona, for one
- Princess Fiona, really
- Scary sort
- Monster one may read about in Mother Goose
- Monster helping to make progress
- Gruff guy
- Cruel fairytale giant
- "Revenge of the Nerds" bully
- The animated Shrek, for one
- Animated Fiona, for one
- Shrek was one
- Shrek, in "Shrek"
- Villainous monster in fairy tales
- Fearsome sort
- Nursery tale baddie
- "Fee, fi, fo, fum" shouter
- Shrek in the movie series, but not in the original William Steig book
- Shrek talks about being one a lot
- Fairy tale baddie (unless it's Shrek)
- Fairy tale baddy
- Fierce giant
- Cruel, fearsome person
- Wicked and inhuman person
- A brutal character, therefore backward
- Old Greek and English monster
- Head of government into Scandinavian money, the beast!
- Monster so elevated
- One at home in a bog (really evil type)
- Wicked giant
- Go back again with a terrible fellow
- He's a monster - and so regressive!
- Retrogressive character in fairy tales?
- Revolting, I must grab right brute!
- Awful beast
- Nasty brute
- Brutish fellow
- Scary brute
- Monstrous giant
- The game's up - the sappers have exposed a monster
- Ugly giant
- No Green Party would have such a monster in it
- Man-eating monster of fairy tales
- Monster turns back therefore
- Monster looking down on you, so looking up!
- Monster undergoing partial inversion
- He may play a part in panto, great in size
- Kiddie lit meanie
- Nasty fairy tale character
- Monster incorporated into the four long Across answers
- Servant of the White Witch, in Narnia
- Grimm grotesque
- Folklore heavy
- Unpleasant sort
- Simon Legree type
- Impossible-to-please type
- Scary fairy-tale character
- Beastly creature
- Cruel man
- Evil giant
- Giant monster
- I got up to receive the king - a terrible person
- Giant spilt gore
- Turn back, therefore, to see giant
- Grim(m) beast?
- Giant dog reeks a bit
- Try reflecting about giant
- Man-eating monster consequently comes back
- Monster, as a result, returned
- Monster consequently returned
- Turn around, regarding monster
- Nothing good about monster
- He provokes fear so on his return
- There's nothing good about villain
- Brothers Grimm villain
- Large, brutish World of Warcraft character
- Species like Shrek
- "Once upon a time" villain
- Grim Grimm beast
- Brutal giant in fairy tales
- Awesome character in two Greek plays
- Fictional beast
- Grotesque green monster
- Man-eating giant of myth
- Beast such as Shrek
- Bedtime story beast
- Ill-tempered sort
- Shrek's species
- Monstrous person
- Monster in some video games
- Kid-lit meanie
- Beastly follower of the White Witch in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
- Story time monster
- Grimm being
- Kid-lit brute
- Beastly male creature
- Fantasy baddie
- Mythical baddie
- Hideous beast of folklore
- Manlike monster
- Villain fancied to have a consuming interest in humanity
- D&D baddie
- Beastly fellow
- Fairy tale frightener
- He-monster
- Monster relative
- Dungeons and Dragons monster
- Fiendish sort
- A monster to make go back again
- Cruel creep
- Fantasy meanie
- Fantastic beast
- Folklore being
- Beastly boss
- No benevolent boss
- Not-so-gentle giant
- Fictional monster
- Menacing fairy tale figure
- A monstrous giant makes the queen go back
- Scary fairy tale beast
- Grouch-and-a-half
- Damsel abductor of folklore
- Horrible person
- Fiend of fantasy
- "Ella Enchanted" beast
- Meany
- A giant, but getting progressively smaller?
- Horrid sort
- Fictional fiend
- Hence / Monster
- Heartless hulk
- Hideous baddie
- Beast of folklore
- "Tom Thumb" antagonist
- Dungeons & Dragons brute
- Scary fairy-tale giant
- Cruel giant
- Truculent type
- Fantasy brute
- Hideous folklore figure
- Not a nice giant
- Beast a la Shrek
- Ruthless sort
- Hated figure
- Villain of folklore
- Fearsome figure of folklore
- Creature in fantasy stories
- Fairy-tale beastie
- Mythical creature in "Puss in Boots"
- Fearsome folklore figure
- Creature that might have green skin
- Legendary monster
- A great character, possibly in panto
- Mean monster
- Oppressor
- "Fee, fi, fo, fum" beast
- Feared creature in folklore
- Species in fairy tales
- Big beast of fairytales
- Scary creature in some fairy tales
- "___ Enchanted" (2018 fantasy novel)
- Mike Myers, in "Shrek"
- Testy grump
- Rough figure
- Monster that's a Latin conjunction backward
- Creature that's like an onion, per "Shrek"
- Go back again with a man-eater
- Not-so-jolly green giant, perhaps
- Fiona's species
- Horrible monster
- Aqua-skinned creature in Tamora Pierce's "Wolf-Speaker"
- Villain defeated by Puss in Boots
- Fantasy creature
- Cruel creature of fable
- Fictional meanie
- People eater
- Figure that might give a child nightmares
- Monster such as Shrek
- "Puss in Boots" monster
- Oni, in Japanese folklore
- Brute of a guy
- Fairy tale foe
- Folk tale figure
- Nish in "Ella Enchanted," e.g.
- Beast eaten by the cat in "Puss in Boots"
- Fairy tale bully
- Creature hidden backwards in "Mother Goose"
- Scary folklore figure
- Mythical people-eater
- Fantasy monster
- Fergus, Farkle or Felicia, e.g.
- "Ella Enchanted" villain
- Oni-like monster
- Shrek or his wife
- Large fantasy creature
- Monster in "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"
- You are human, Shrek is an ___
- Horrible boss, say
- Monster often seen wielding a club
- Monstrous sort
- Antagonist in "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"
- "Ella Enchanted" creature
- D&D monster
- "The ___ has fallen in love with the princess!" (line from "Shrek")
- Monster hiding in "go green"
- Beastly creature or boss
- Fantasy heavy
- Green giant, maybe
- The animated Fiona is one
- Fiona and Shrek's species
- Fantasy foe
- Hulking D&D creature
- Giant storybook
- Mythical menace
- Tall monster in EverQuest
- Mythological meanie
- Monster in a magic forest
- Emoji with a red face and fangs
- Any beast like Shrek
- Big baddie
- Creature such as Shrek
- Shrek and Fiona's species
- Emoji with horns and a red face
- Beast in "Puss in Boots"
- Ugly beast
- Creature with onionlike layers, according to Shrek
- Retrogressive character in fairy tales?
- Large fantasy beast
- Giant D&D creature
- The oni of Japanese folklore, e.g.
- Enemy of Hop-o'-My-Thumb
- Man-eating menace
- Troll's lookalike
- Creature popularized in Charles Perrault's "Tales of Mother Goose"
- Japanese oni, e.g.
- Dungeons & Dragons beast
- Giant monster like Shrek
- Beastly male creature like Shrek
- EverQuest monster
- Grim Grimm figure
- Monster akin to a Japanese oni
- Dreaded figure
- Large fantasy antagonist
- Shrek's sort
- Creature in Magic: The Gathering
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 17, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 16, 2026
- New York Times - March 09, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 08, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 06, 2026
- New York Times - March 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 26, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 26, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 25, 2026
- Mirror Mini - February 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 09, 2026
- Daily American - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 05, 2026
- LA Times - February 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 18, 2026
- Daily American - January 13, 2026
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