U+1F47D · emoji since 2010
The friendly gray alien covers everything extraterrestrial: UFO news, space jokes, and feeling like you're from another planet.
It also tags weird vibes and out of this world experiences. Take me to your group chat.
In texting, 👽 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 👽 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Alien emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the alien emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 👽 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.