Definitions for alien

alien al·ien

Spelling: [eyl-yuh n, ey-lee-uh n]
IPA: /ˈeɪl yən, ˈeɪ li ən/

Alien is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in alien (aeiln).

Definitions for alien

noun

  1. Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen). See also resident alien, illegal alien.
  2. a foreigner.
  3. a person who has been estranged or excluded.
  4. a creature from outer space; extraterrestrial (def 2).

adjective

  1. residing under a government or in a country other than that of one's birth without having or obtaining the status of citizenship there.
  2. belonging or relating to aliens:
  3. unlike one's own; strange; not belonging to one:
  4. adverse; hostile; opposed (usually followed by to or from):
  5. extraterrestrial (def 1).

Origin of alien

1300-50; Middle English Middle French Latin aliēnus, equivalent to *alies- (ali-, base of alius other + -es- noun suffix) + -nus adj. suffix

Examples for alien

They were quiet for a while, and then Marsh turned to Henry and said, "Is that alien to you?"

Last but not least, the Inhumans are a genetically advanced “inhuman race” that was formed via experimentation by the alien Kree.

The idea that I might simply want to express my independent thoughts was alien to them.

His sense of being an alien in Dublin had persisted all the time that he had lived there.

Let me tell you, Mr. Cross, we are really in an alien country here.

A limited number of medical patients will be able to purchase “Chunky Diesel” or “alien Dawg” for just $100.

At Rumpell's and at Boveyhayne he had had no sensation of alien origin.

“They treated me like an alien,” she says, explaining that North Koreans are viciously stereotyped in South Korea.

Or maybe we just need one of those bogus “alien invasions” that Paul Krugman is always flapping his gums about.

It had carried an alien note that overcame him with instinctive fear and horror.

Word Value for alien
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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