Sci-fi figures

The answer

ETS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ETS answer page.

Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 11 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.

• ALIENS (2 uses in xd)
• ANDROIDS (2 uses in xd)
• DROIDS (2 uses in xd)
• APEMEN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ETS

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

• UFO crew - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
• UFO pilots - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
• Aliens, for short - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• French connections - used 54 times, most recently in 2021
• Aliens, briefly - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• UFO passengers - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• UFO fliers - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Sci-fi beings - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Sci-fi visitors - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Roswell visitors - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• UFO occupants - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Little green men - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Sci-fi staples - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Diminutive suffixes - used 23 times, most recently in 1995

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.

• Sci-fi saucer, for short - UFO, used 23 times
• Sci-fi vehicle - UFO, used 21 times

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