Name a subatomic particle

Last seen Dive #35. 64 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hints

Hint 1. 64 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 10 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Antiproton

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Tetraquark · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Tetraquark One in a Krillion 100 pts

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

Best rare answers

  • Tetraquark 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Antiquark 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Axion 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Deuteron 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Glueball 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Hyperon 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Kaon 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Muonium 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Antiproton 60 pts
  • Baryon 60 pts
  • Boson 60 pts
  • Fermion 60 pts
  • Gluon 60 pts
  • Hadron 60 pts
  • Lepton 60 pts
  • Meson 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Electron 10
  • Neutron 10
  • Proton 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a subatomic particle

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 37 ● Rare · 15 ● Schooler · 6 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Tetraquark +100
Deep Cut +85 37 answers — tap to reveal
  • Antineutrino +85
  • Antiquark +85
  • Axion +85
  • B meson +85
  • Bottom quark +85
  • Charm quark +85
  • D meson +85
  • Delta baryon +85
  • Deuteron +85
  • Down quark +85
  • Eta meson +85
  • Gauge boson +85
  • Glueball +85
  • Hyperon +85
  • J/psi +85
  • Kaon +85
  • Lambda baryon +85
  • Magnetic monopole +85
  • Muon neutrino +85
  • Muonium +85
  • Neutralino +85
  • Nucleon +85
  • Omega baryon +85
  • Pentaquark +85
  • Phi meson +85
  • Positronium +85
  • Rho meson +85
  • Sigma baryon +85
  • Sterile neutrino +85
  • Strange quark +85
  • Tachyon +85
  • Tau neutrino +85
  • Top quark +85
  • Up quark +85
  • Upsilon meson +85
  • WIMP +85
  • Xi baryon +85
Rare +60 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • Antineutron +60
  • Antiproton +60
  • Baryon +60
  • Boson +60
  • Electron neutrino +60
  • Fermion +60
  • Gluon +60
  • Hadron +60
  • Lepton +60
  • Meson +60
  • Muon +60
  • Pion +60
  • Tau +60
  • W boson +60
  • Z boson +60
Schooler +30 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Alpha particle +30
  • Beta particle +30
  • Neutrino +30
  • Photon +30
  • Positron +30
  • Quark +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Graviton +15
  • Higgs boson +15
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Electron +10
  • Neutron +10
  • Proton +10