The Clue
From another planet (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIEN
Tags
Notes
The answer ALIEN is very common and appears about once every 48 puzzles.
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Alf, for one
E.T., e.g.
Exotic
Faraway
Foreign
Foreigner
Noncitizen
Otherworldly
Outlander
Peregrine
Strange
Stranger
Superman, for one
Unearthly
Unfamiliar
Candidate for naturalization
Man from Mars
From Mars, say
Not native
Not natural
Refuge seeker
Starman, e.g.
U.F.O. crewman
Ufologist's study
Xenophobe's aversion
"___ Corn," Howard play
Flying saucer flier
Flying saucer occupant
Green card holder
Green-card holder
Green-card possessor
Little green man
Little green man?
Not from around here
Out of this world
Out of this world?
"X-Files" extra
1979 sci-fi hit
Roswell crash victim, supposedly
Definition
ALIEN as a noun:
1. (foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander) = a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
2. (stranger, alien, unknown) = anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
3. (extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien) = a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
ALIEN as a verb:
1. (alien, alienate) = transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
2. (estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect) = arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
ALIEN as an adjective:
1. (alien, foreign) = not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
2. (alien, exotic) = being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"