Security system component

The answer

SENSOR

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SENSOR answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 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.

• KEYPAD (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for SENSOR

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

• Motion detector, e.g. - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Electric eye, e.g. - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Detecting device - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Detection device - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Motion detector - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Security system part - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Burglar alarm part - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Electric eye, for example - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Motion detector part - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Sound system - STEREO, used 155 times
• Natural gas component - ETHANE, used 71 times
• Blood component - PLASMA, used 29 times
• Online newsgroup system - USENET, used 23 times
• Steering system part - TIEROD, used 22 times
• Professor's job security - TENURE, used 17 times

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