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ALIEN

5 letters - 18 clues in this collection

ALIEN is a 5-letter crossword answer with 18 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 763 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

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ALIEN

ALIEN

5Letters
18Clues in collection
763Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for ALIEN in this collection

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  • Extraterrestrial - used 107 times across 29 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Strange - used 90 times across 53 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Foreign - used 88 times across 50 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Unfamiliar - used 59 times across 30 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Completely unfamiliar - used 40 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Foreigner - used 40 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2017
  • Sci-fi visitor - used 38 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Visitor from afar - used 38 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Out of this world - used 33 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Little green man - used 29 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Green card holder - used 28 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2015
  • UFO pilot - used 28 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Stranger - used 27 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2014
  • Outlander - used 25 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2001
  • Outsider - used 25 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2004
  • Otherworldly - used 23 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Sci-fi being - used 23 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2022
  • Visitor from outer space - used 22 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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  • ALONE - 5 letters, 1,626 combined xd usages, 25 clues in this collection
  • ARENA - 5 letters, 1,622 combined xd usages, 31 clues in this collection
  • AROSE - 5 letters, 1,408 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection
  • ARISE - 5 letters, 1,359 combined xd usages, 17 clues in this collection
  • ASSET - 5 letters, 1,346 combined xd usages, 27 clues in this collection
  • AMASS - 5 letters, 1,343 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection

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