The Clue
Kind of race (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIEN
Tags
Notes
The answer ALIEN is very common and appears about once every 48 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alf, for one
"___ Corn"
E.T., e.g.
Exotic
Extraterrestrial
Extrinsic
Foreign
Foreigner
Noncitizen
Nonnational
Nonnative
Outlander
Peregrine
Strange
Superman, for one
Unnaturalized
From another planet
January registrant
Man from Mars
Martian or Venusian
Mork from Ork
Non-earthling
Not native
Not natural
Starman, e.g.
Venusian, e.g.
Green card holder
Many a day laborer
"___ Nation," 1988 film
Out of this world
Sci-fi role
Visitor in "District 9"
1979 sci-fi thriller
Tabloid cover topic, maybe
Weekly World News newsmaker
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"