Fairy tale meanie
The crossword clue "Fairy tale meanie" is answered by OGRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 51 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OGRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OGRE answer page.
Used 51 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 14 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.
- TROLL (8 uses in xd)
- OGRESS (2 uses in xd)
- STEPSISTER (2 uses in xd)
- EVILQUEEN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OGRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by OGRE, most used first.
- Shrek, for one - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
- Monster - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale monster - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek, e.g. - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale baddie - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale villain - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Meanie - used 92 times, most recently in 2025
- Storybook monster - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Folklore fiend - used 62 times, most recently in 2024
- Folklore monster - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale fiend - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek is one - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Brute - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
- Fairy tale beast - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek or Fiona - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Bogeyman - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
- Villain - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
- Grimm beast - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Fairy tale brute - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Grimm character - used 29 times, most recently in 2018
- Grimm villain - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
- Fairy-tale heavy - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Fiend - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Storybook meanie - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrek, for example - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Big brute - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Grand tale - EPIC, used 112 times
- Long tale - SAGA, used 89 times
- Epic tale - SAGA, used 87 times
- Heroic tale - SAGA, used 77 times
- Tale teller - LIAR, used 71 times
- Tall tale - YARN, used 68 times
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