alien: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with A · ends with N
Meaning of alien
noun
A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
- derogatory, sometimes
A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.
Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
Listed forms: aliens, alyaunte.
Source: Wiktionary — alien.
adj
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
Example: alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores
Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
Example: principles alien to our religion
Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.
Listed forms: alyaunte.
Source: Wiktionary — alien.
verb
- transitive
To estrange; to alienate.
To transfer the ownership of something.
Listed forms: aliens, aliening, aliened, aliene, alyaunte.
Source: Wiktionary — alien.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for alien.
adjective
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
adjective
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
noun
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
noun
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is alien in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of alien
A(1) + L(1) + I(1) + E(1) + N(1) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of alien
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from alien
29 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in alien. Showing up to 24, longest first.