Two oversized black eyes and a tapering grey head give the alien emoji its signature sci-fi silhouette. It's rarely about actual extraterrestrials and more often about something feeling bizarre, off, or like it doesn't belong — including the sender.
What 👽 means
A greyish or greenish alien face with big black eyes and a slight smiley curve for a mouth. This emoji is the famous depiction of an alien's face - with a big head that tapers down towards the chin.
The 👽 Alien emoji suggests a sense of being an outsider to something, not understanding something or finding something strange and out of the box. Aliens are symbols for the 'unknown' and the 'unfathomable' and so is this emoji.
How and when to use it
- If you just cannot understand what your bestie is blabbering, send this emoji in that conversation
- Use this emoji as a reaction to stuff to do not understand, in general.
- It can also be used to react to strangeness.
- This emoji is also a cute one, so you can use it to be weird, but cute.
- Also, you can use it while sending something or talking about aliens (duh).
- If you're feeling 'left out', 'alienated' or 'isolated', send this emoji to show that.
- It can also be used in supernatural and paranormal conversations or situations.
Other Names
- 👽 Alien Face
- 👽 Grey Alien
- 👽 Isolated
- 👽 Alienated
- 👽 Strange
- 👽 Weird
- 👽 Weird, but Cute
- 👽 Unworldly
- 👽 Outsider
- 👽 Unique
- 👽 Supernatural
- 👽 ET
- 👽 Extra-Terrestrial
- 👽 Smart
👽 in real conversations
What does 👽 mean in texting?
Something weird, otherworldly, or 'out of this world' — a strange event, an oddly specific coincidence, or just calling a person delightfully odd. It got a big boost from Snapchat-era meme culture.
What does 👽 mean from a girl?
Usually affectionate weirdness — calling a friend or crush 'my little alien' as a term of endearment for being uniquely, harmlessly strange, not an insult.
Can 👽 mean feeling like an outsider?
Yes — it's a common way to describe not fitting in, feeling out of place at an event or in a group, borrowing the 'not from this planet' idea for social alienation.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-costume
- Codepoints
U+1F47D- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:alien:- Keywords
- alien, creature, extraterrestrial, face, fairy, fairytale, fantasy, monster, space, tale, ufo
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 👽 Alien or 🤷♂️ Man Shrugging?
Runs with a crowd
👽 keeps company in space emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.