Name a company in the S&P 500

Last seen Dive #46. 500 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hints

Hint 1. 500 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 6 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Abbott

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Akamai · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Akamai Deep Cut 85 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Akamai 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Albemarle 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Allegion 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Amcor 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ameren 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • AMETEK 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Amphenol 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • AppLovin 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Abbott 60 pts
  • AbbVie 60 pts
  • Accenture 60 pts
  • Altria 60 pts
  • Amgen 60 pts
  • Autodesk 60 pts
  • Axon 60 pts
  • Biogen 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Alphabet 10
  • Amazon 10
  • Apple 10
  • Coca-Cola 10
  • Disney 10
  • McDonald's 10
  • Meta 10
  • Microsoft 10
  • Netflix 10
  • Nike 10
  • Nvidia 10
  • Starbucks 10
  • Tesla 10
  • Uber 10
  • Visa 10
  • Walmart 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a company in the S&P 500

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 265 ● Rare · 87 ● Schooler · 126 ● Too Clever · 4 ● Plankton · 16
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Erie Indemnity +100
  • Vivmark Residential +100
Deep Cut +85 265 answers — tap to reveal
  • A. O. Smith +85
  • AES Corporation +85
  • Agilent Technologies +85
  • Air Products +85
  • Akamai +85
  • Albemarle +85
  • Alexandria Real Estate Equities +85
  • Allegion +85
  • Alliant Energy +85
  • Amcor +85
  • Ameren +85
  • American Electric Power +85
  • American Tower +85
  • American Water Works +85
  • Ameriprise Financial +85
  • AMETEK +85
  • Amphenol +85
  • Analog Devices +85
  • Aon +85
  • APA Corporation +85
  • Apollo Global Management +85
  • AppLovin +85
  • Aptiv +85
  • Arch Capital Group +85
  • Ares Management +85
  • Arista Networks +85
  • Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. +85
  • Assurant +85
  • Atmos Energy +85
  • Avery Dennison +85
  • Baker Hughes +85
  • Ball Corporation +85
  • Baxter International +85
  • Becton Dickinson +85
  • Bio-Techne +85
  • BNY Mellon +85
  • Boston Scientific +85
  • Broadridge Financial Solutions +85
  • Brown & Brown +85
  • Brown-Forman +85
  • Builders FirstSource +85
  • Bunge Global +85
  • BXP, Inc. +85
  • C.H. Robinson +85
  • Cadence Design Systems +85
  • Camden Property Trust +85
  • Cardinal Health +85
  • Casey's General Stores +85
  • Cboe Global Markets +85
  • CBRE Group +85
  • CDW +85
  • Cencora +85
  • Centene +85
  • CenterPoint Energy +85
  • CF Industries +85
  • Charles River Laboratories +85
  • Church & Dwight +85
  • Ciena +85
  • Cincinnati Financial +85
  • Citizens Financial Group +85
  • CME Group +85
  • CMS Energy +85
  • Cognizant +85
  • Coherent Corp. +85
  • Comfort Systems USA +85
  • Constellation Brands +85
  • Constellation Energy +85
  • Cooper Companies +85
  • Copart +85
  • Corpay +85
  • Corteva +85
  • CoStar Group +85
  • CRH +85
  • Crown Castle +85
  • D.R. Horton +85
  • Danaher +85
  • Datadog +85
  • DaVita +85
  • Devon Energy +85
  • Diamondback Energy +85
  • Digital Realty +85
  • Dover Corporation +85
  • DTE Energy +85
  • Eaton +85
  • EchoStar +85
  • Ecolab +85
  • Edison International +85
  • Edwards Lifesciences +85
  • Elevance Health +85
  • EMCOR Group +85
  • Emerson Electric +85
  • Entergy +85
  • EOG Resources +85
  • EQT Corporation +85
  • Equinix +85
  • Essex Property Trust +85
  • Everest Group +85
  • Evergy +85
  • Eversource Energy +85
  • Exelon +85
  • Expand Energy +85
  • Expeditors International +85
  • F5 +85
  • FactSet +85
  • Fastenal +85
  • Federal Realty Investment Trust +85
  • FedEx Freight +85
  • Ferguson Enterprises +85
  • Fifth Third Bank +85
  • First Solar +85
  • FirstEnergy +85
  • FIS +85
  • Fiserv +85
  • Flex +85
  • Fortinet +85
  • Fortive +85
  • Franklin Templeton +85
  • Freeport-McMoRan +85
  • Gartner +85
  • GE Vernova +85
  • Global Payments +85
  • Globe Life +85
  • HCA Healthcare +85
  • Healthpeak Properties +85
  • Henry Schein +85
  • Honeywell Aerospace +85
  • Host Hotels & Resorts +85
  • Howmet Aerospace +85
  • Hubbell +85
  • Huntington Bancshares +85
  • Huntington Ingalls Industries +85
  • IDEX Corporation +85
  • IDEXX Laboratories +85
  • Illinois Tool Works +85
  • Incyte +85
  • Ingersoll Rand +85
  • Insulet Corporation +85
  • Interactive Brokers +85
  • Intercontinental Exchange +85
  • International Flavors & Fragrances +85
  • International Paper +85
  • Invesco +85
  • Invitation Homes +85
  • IQVIA +85
  • J.B. Hunt +85
  • Jabil +85
  • Jack Henry & Associates +85
  • Jacobs Solutions +85
  • Johnson Controls +85
  • KeyCorp +85
  • Keysight Technologies +85
  • Kimco Realty +85
  • Kinder Morgan +85
  • KKR +85
  • KLA Corporation +85
  • L3Harris Technologies +85
  • Lam Research +85
  • Leidos +85
  • Lennar +85
  • Lennox International +85
  • Linde +85
  • Loews Corporation +85
  • Lumentum +85
  • LyondellBasell +85
  • M&T Bank +85
  • Marsh McLennan +85
  • Martin Marietta Materials +85
  • Marvell Technology +85
  • Masco +85
  • McKesson +85
  • Mettler Toledo +85
  • Microchip Technology +85
  • Mid-America Apartment Communities +85
  • Monolithic Power Systems +85
  • Mosaic +85
  • MSCI +85
  • NetApp +85
  • Newmont +85
  • NextEra Energy +85
  • NiSource +85
  • Nordson Corporation +85
  • Northern Trust +85
  • NRG Energy +85
  • Nucor +85
  • NVR, Inc. +85
  • NXP Semiconductors +85
  • Old Dominion Freight Line +85
  • Omnicom Group +85
  • ON Semiconductor +85
  • ONEOK +85
  • PACCAR +85
  • Packaging Corporation of America +85
  • Palo Alto Networks +85
  • Parker Hannifin +85
  • Paychex +85
  • Pentair +85
  • Pinnacle West Capital +85
  • PNC Bank +85
  • PPG Industries +85
  • PPL Corporation +85
  • Principal Financial Group +85
  • Prologis +85
  • PTC Inc. +85
  • Public Service Enterprise Group +85
  • PulteGroup +85
  • Qnity Electronics +85
  • Quanta Services +85
  • Raymond James +85
  • Regency Centers +85
  • Regions Financial +85
  • ResMed +85
  • Revvity +85
  • Rockwell Automation +85
  • Roper Technologies +85
  • SBA Communications +85
  • Sempra +85
  • Skyworks Solutions +85
  • SLB +85
  • Smurfit WestRock +85
  • Solventum +85
  • State Street +85
  • Steel Dynamics +85
  • Steris +85
  • Synchrony Financial +85
  • Synopsys +85
  • T. Rowe Price +85
  • Targa Resources +85
  • TE Connectivity +85
  • Teledyne Technologies +85
  • Teradyne +85
  • Texas Pacific Land Corporation +85
  • Textron +85
  • The Trade Desk +85
  • TransDigm Group +85
  • Trimble Inc. +85
  • Truist +85
  • Tyler Technologies +85
  • U.S. Bank +85
  • UDR, Inc. +85
  • United Rentals +85
  • Universal Health Services +85
  • Veeva Systems +85
  • Ventas +85
  • Veralto +85
  • Verisign +85
  • Verisk Analytics +85
  • Vertiv +85
  • Viatris +85
  • Vici Properties +85
  • Vistra Corp +85
  • Vulcan Materials Company +85
  • W. R. Berkley Corporation +85
  • W.W. Grainger +85
  • Wabtec +85
  • Waters Corporation +85
  • WEC Energy Group +85
  • Welltower +85
  • West Pharmaceutical Services +85
  • Weyerhaeuser +85
  • Williams Companies +85
  • Willis Towers Watson +85
  • Xcel Energy +85
  • Xylem Inc. +85
  • Zebra Technologies +85
  • Zimmer Biomet +85
Rare +60 87 answers — tap to reveal
  • Abbott +60
  • AbbVie +60
  • Accenture +60
  • AIG +60
  • Align Technology +60
  • Altria +60
  • Amgen +60
  • Applied Materials +60
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland +60
  • Autodesk +60
  • Axon +60
  • Biogen +60
  • BlackRock +60
  • Blackstone +60
  • Bristol Myers Squibb +60
  • Broadcom +60
  • Carrier +60
  • Chubb +60
  • Cigna +60
  • Cintas +60
  • ConocoPhillips +60
  • Consolidated Edison +60
  • Corning +60
  • CrowdStrike +60
  • CSX +60
  • Cummins +60
  • Darden Restaurants +60
  • Deckers Brands +60
  • Dexcom +60
  • Dominion Energy +60
  • Dow +60
  • Duke Energy +60
  • DuPont +60
  • Equifax +60
  • Extra Space Storage +60
  • FICO +60
  • Fox Corporation +60
  • GE HealthCare +60
  • Gen Digital +60
  • Generac +60
  • General Dynamics +60
  • Genuine Parts Company +60
  • Gilead Sciences +60
  • Halliburton +60
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise +60
  • Humana +60
  • Intuitive Surgical +60
  • Iron Mountain +60
  • Kenvue +60
  • Kimberly-Clark +60
  • Labcorp +60
  • Las Vegas Sands +60
  • Marathon Petroleum +60
  • Medtronic +60
  • Micron Technology +60
  • Mondelez International +60
  • Moody's +60
  • News Corp +60
  • Norfolk Southern +60
  • Occidental Petroleum +60
  • Otis +60
  • PG&E +60
  • Philip Morris International +60
  • Phillips 66 +60
  • Qualcomm +60
  • Quest Diagnostics +60
  • Realty Income +60
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals +60
  • Republic Services +60
  • Rollins, Inc. +60
  • S&P Global +60
  • ServiceNow +60
  • Simon Property Group +60
  • Snap-on +60
  • Southern Company +60
  • Stryker +60
  • Supermicro +60
  • Sysco +60
  • Tapestry, Inc. +60
  • The Hartford +60
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific +60
  • Trane Technologies +60
  • Union Pacific +60
  • Valero Energy +60
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals +60
  • Workday +60
  • Zoetis +60
Schooler +30 126 answers — tap to reveal
  • 3M +30
  • Adobe +30
  • ADP +30
  • Aflac +30
  • Airbnb +30
  • Allstate +30
  • AMD +30
  • American Express +30
  • AT&T +30
  • AutoZone +30
  • Bank of America +30
  • Best Buy +30
  • Block, Inc. +30
  • Boeing +30
  • Booking Holdings +30
  • Capital One +30
  • Carnival Corporation +30
  • Carvana +30
  • Caterpillar +30
  • Charles Schwab +30
  • Charter Communications +30
  • Chevron +30
  • Chipotle +30
  • Cisco +30
  • Citigroup +30
  • Clorox +30
  • Colgate-Palmolive +30
  • Comcast +30
  • Costco +30
  • CVS +30
  • Dell +30
  • Delta Air Lines +30
  • Dollar General +30
  • Dollar Tree +30
  • Domino's +30
  • DoorDash +30
  • eBay +30
  • Eli Lilly +30
  • Estée Lauder +30
  • Expedia +30
  • ExxonMobil +30
  • FedEx +30
  • Ford +30
  • Garmin +30
  • GE Aerospace +30
  • General Mills +30
  • General Motors +30
  • GoDaddy +30
  • Goldman Sachs +30
  • Hasbro +30
  • Hershey +30
  • Hilton +30
  • Home Depot +30
  • Honeywell +30
  • Hormel Foods +30
  • HP +30
  • IBM +30
  • Intel +30
  • Intuit +30
  • John Deere +30
  • Johnson & Johnson +30
  • JPMorgan Chase +30
  • Keurig Dr Pepper +30
  • Kraft Heinz +30
  • Kroger +30
  • Live Nation +30
  • Lockheed Martin +30
  • Lowe's +30
  • Lululemon +30
  • Marriott +30
  • Mastercard +30
  • McCormick +30
  • Merck +30
  • MetLife +30
  • MGM Resorts +30
  • Moderna +30
  • Molson Coors +30
  • Monster Beverage +30
  • Morgan Stanley +30
  • Motorola Solutions +30
  • Nasdaq +30
  • Northrop Grumman +30
  • Norwegian Cruise Line +30
  • O'Reilly Auto Parts +30
  • Oracle +30
  • Paramount Skydance +30
  • PayPal +30
  • PepsiCo +30
  • Pfizer +30
  • Procter & Gamble +30
  • Progressive +30
  • Prudential Financial +30
  • Public Storage +30
  • Ralph Lauren +30
  • Robinhood +30
  • Ross +30
  • Royal Caribbean +30
  • RTX Corporation +30
  • Salesforce +30
  • SanDisk +30
  • Seagate +30
  • Sherwin-Williams +30
  • Smucker's +30
  • Southwest Airlines +30
  • Stanley Black & Decker +30
  • T-Mobile +30
  • Take-Two Interactive +30
  • Target +30
  • Texas Instruments +30
  • TJX Companies +30
  • TKO Group Holdings +30
  • Tractor Supply +30
  • Travelers +30
  • Tyson Foods +30
  • Ulta Beauty +30
  • United Airlines +30
  • UnitedHealth Group +30
  • UPS +30
  • Verizon +30
  • Warner Bros. Discovery +30
  • Waste Management +30
  • Wells Fargo +30
  • Western Digital +30
  • Williams-Sonoma +30
  • Wynn Resorts +30
  • Yum! Brands +30
Too Clever +15 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Berkshire Hathaway +15
  • Coinbase +15
  • Palantir +15
  • Reddit +15
Plankton +10 16 answers — tap to reveal
  • Alphabet +10
  • Amazon +10
  • Apple +10
  • Coca-Cola +10
  • Disney +10
  • McDonald's +10
  • Meta +10
  • Microsoft +10
  • Netflix +10
  • Nike +10
  • Nvidia +10
  • Starbucks +10
  • Tesla +10
  • Uber +10
  • Visa +10
  • Walmart +10