Name a type of waterfowl

Last seen Dive #22. 52 accepted answers on the published sheet.

Hints

Hint 1. 52 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Brant

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Garganey · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Garganey 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

  • Garganey 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Nene 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Pochard 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Scoter 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Shelduck 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Smew 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ruddy duck 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Swan goose 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Brant 60 pts
  • Bufflehead 60 pts
  • Canvasback 60 pts
  • Coot 60 pts
  • Eider 60 pts
  • Gadwall 60 pts
  • Goldeneye 60 pts
  • Grebe 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Canada goose 10
  • Duck 10
  • Goose 10
  • Mallard 10
  • Swan 10

All accepted answers

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Name a type of waterfowl

One in a Krillion · 1 Deep Cut · 19 Rare · 21 Schooler · 4 Too Clever · 2 Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Torrent duck +100
Deep Cut +85 19 answers — tap to reveal
  • American black duck +85
  • Bar-headed goose +85
  • Bewick's swan +85
  • Cackling goose +85
  • Garganey +85
  • Harlequin duck +85
  • Long-tailed duck +85
  • Nene +85
  • Pochard +85
  • Ruddy duck +85
  • Scoter +85
  • Shelduck +85
  • Smew +85
  • Swan goose +85
  • Tufted duck +85
  • Tundra swan +85
  • Whistling duck +85
  • White-fronted goose +85
  • Whooper swan +85
Rare +60 21 answers — tap to reveal
  • Barnacle goose +60
  • Brant +60
  • Bufflehead +60
  • Canvasback +60
  • Coot +60
  • Egyptian goose +60
  • Eider +60
  • Gadwall +60
  • Goldeneye +60
  • Grebe +60
  • Greylag goose +60
  • Loon +60
  • Merganser +60
  • Moorhen +60
  • Pintail +60
  • Redhead +60
  • Scaup +60
  • Shoveler +60
  • Snow goose +60
  • Trumpeter swan +60
  • Wigeon +60
Schooler +30 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Muscovy duck +30
  • Pekin duck +30
  • Teal +30
  • Wood duck +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Black swan +15
  • Mandarin duck +15
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Canada goose +10
  • Duck +10
  • Goose +10
  • Mallard +10
  • Swan +10