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 LA Times in 2025.
Unfamiliar crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALIEN | 50 % | 5 |
| NEW | 33 % | 3 |
| STRANGE | 11 % | 7 |
| FOREIGN | 4 % | 7 |
| NEWTO | 1 % | 5 |
| NOVEL | 1 % | 5 |
Why may NEW be the right solution?
The word "new" is the right solution for the clue "unfamiliar" because something that is new is not yet known or experienced.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unfamiliar
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unacquainted
- unknown
- strange
- unacquainted with
- unfamiliar with
- unsung
- unaware
- unidentified
- undiscovered
- little-known
- undisclosed
- uncharted
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 NEW
- Unused
- Word in many a colonial place names
- Fresh
- Improved's partner
- Just out
- Kind of math
- Wet behind the ears
- Before Mexico
- Just hired
- Just published
More clues leading to the result STRANGE
- Bizarre
- Off the wall
- Quark flavor
- Outside the known
- Alien
- Weird
- Curtis who won two U.S. Opens
- Peculiar
- Like some bedfellows
- Missing a few marbles
More clues leading to the result FOREIGN
- Quite unfamiliar
- Alien
- Like some affairs
- Unfamiliar
- From abroad
- From another country
- The ___ Legion.
- Exotic.
- Like many accents
- ___ affairs
More clues leading to the result NEWTO
- Unfamiliar with
- Inexperienced with
- Not familiar with
- Inexperienced at
- Uninitiated in
- Never before experienced by
- Just learning about
- Not yet familiar with
- Unfamiliar with.
- Unconversant with.