The Clue
Sci-fi visitor (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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Sci-fi film extra
Tabloid cover topic, maybe
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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"