Peregrine

The answer

ALIEN

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

Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1990; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 1 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.

• FALCON (3 uses in xd)
• NOMAD (1 uses in xd)
• NOMADIC (1 uses in xd)
• OUTSIDER (1 uses in xd)

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
• From another planet - used 18 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
• 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

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.

• Its quarter features a peregrine falcon - IDAHO, used 6 times

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