From another planet

The answer

ALIEN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALIEN answer page.

Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALIEN

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALIEN, most used first.

• Extraterrestrial - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Strange - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
• Foreign - used 88 times, most recently in 2024
• Unfamiliar - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• Completely unfamiliar - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Foreigner - used 40 times, most recently in 2017
• Sci-fi visitor - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Visitor from afar - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Out of this world - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Little green man - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Green card holder - used 28 times, most recently in 2015
• UFO pilot - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Stranger - used 27 times, most recently in 2014
• Outlander - used 25 times, most recently in 2001
• Outsider - used 25 times, most recently in 2004
• Otherworldly - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Sci-fi being - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Visitor from outer space - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Not native - used 21 times, most recently in 2012
• Visitor from space - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• E.T., e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Visitor from another planet - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• UFO passenger - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Peregrine - used 15 times, most recently in 1990
• Martian, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Roswell crash victim, supposedly - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Space visitor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• 1979 Sigourney Weaver thriller - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Not of this world - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Flying-saucer pilot - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Man from Mars - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Xenophobe's fear - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Exotic - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Extrinsic - used 11 times, most recently in 2000
• Unearthly - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• E.T., for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Totally unfamiliar - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Non-earthling - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Not from around here - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Not from Earth - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Sci-fi character - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Sigourney Weaver film - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• UFO occupant - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Flying saucer passenger - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Men in Black" creature - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Noncitizen - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Saucer pilot - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Sci-fi staple - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "Star Trek" extra - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Immigrant - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Martian, for example - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Martian or Venusian - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Not from this world - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Not of this earth - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Superman, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• UFO flier - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Nonnational - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Not from here - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• UFO flyer - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Venusian, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Xenophobe's dread - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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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.

• It comes from the heart - AORTA, used 108 times
• From the top - AGAIN, used 93 times
• Stay away from - AVOID, used 91 times
• Get away from - ELUDE, used 73 times
• Keep from happening - AVERT, used 73 times
• Food from heaven - MANNA, used 59 times

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