The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALIEN which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2020.
Sci-fi staple crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALIEN | 29 % | 5 |
| UFO | 29 % | 3 |
| ROBOT | 21 % | 5 |
| MARTIANS | 8 % | 8 |
| FLYINGSAUCER | 4 % | 12 |
| ANDROID | 4 % | 7 |
| SPACESHIP | 4 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sci-fi staple
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- alien
- ufo
- robot
- android
- spaceship
- genre
- ray
- han
- isaac
- mars
- who
- zap
Crossword Answer definitions
ALIEN noun- Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- A foreigner residing in a country.
- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
- To estrange; to alienate.
- To transfer the ownership of something.
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ALIEN
- 1979 Sigourney Weaver thriller
- 1979 space thriller
- Nonnational
- Of another land
- Sigourney Weaver sci-fi film, 1979
- Sigourney Weaver shocker
- __ and Sedition Acts
- Foreign
- Green card holder
- Roswell regular?
More clues leading to the result UFO
- "The X-Files" topic
- Craft in the tabloids
- ET's craft
- Strange thing in the sky
- "X-Files" topic
- ET craft
- ET's transport
- Roswell sighting
- Sky sight
- Mysterious blip
More clues leading to the result ROBOT
- R2D2 for one
- Unfavorable comparison for Al Gore
- Bender, on "Futurama"
- Classic break dancing move
- Hard worker?
- Heavy metal figure?
- Android
- Modern factory worker
- Asimov topic, often
- Man of steel?
More clues leading to the result MARTIANS
- Little green men from the Red Planet
- "The War of the Worlds" invaders
- Sci-fi staple
- Hypothetical visitors to earth.
- They're out of this world.
- Companions of 81 Across.
- 1938 "invaders"
- Race from a faraway place
- Invaders in an H. G. Wells story
- Red planeteers
More clues leading to the result FLYINGSAUCER
- It's out of this world
- Sighting subject, perhaps
- Subject of a sighting
- Missile in a kitchen fight?
- Sci-fi staple
- Strange sighting
- UFO.
- Item in the UFO category.
- Controversial sight.
- Pie in the sky?
More clues leading to the result ANDROID
- Operating system whose code names are confections
- Manufactured man
- Futuristic automaton
- Robot that looks human
- Google's mobile operating system
- Robot in human form
- C-3PO, e.g.
- Sci-fi staple
- R2-D2, for one
- Google operating system