Sci-fi staples
The crossword clue "Sci-fi staples" is answered by UFOS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UFOS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UFOS answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 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.
- ALIENENCOUNTERS (1 uses in xd)
- MONSTERS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for UFOS
Every other clue in this collection answered by UFOS, most used first.
- Sci-fi vehicles - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Sci-fi fleet - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Eerie sightings - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Roswell sightings - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Flying saucers - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Sci-fi sightings - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Strange sightings - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Sci-fi saucers, for short - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Sci-fi saucers - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Eerie sightings, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Tabloid topics - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Sky sightings - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Aerial enigmas - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- E.T. vehicles - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Fleet from far away - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- ET transports - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- ET vehicles - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- ETs' vehicles - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Saucers in the sky - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sci-fi craft - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sci-fi crafts - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sci-fi hoverers - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Sci-fi vehicles, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Environmental sci. - ECOL, used 100 times
- Earth sci. - ECOL, used 62 times
- Green sci. - ECOL, used 60 times
- ___ sci - POLI, used 53 times
- 1982 sci-fi film - TRON, used 43 times
- Earth sci. - GEOL, used 38 times
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