Prompt 5 of 7
Name a unit of measurement
96 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Ell— A medieval cloth-measuring unit that varied wildly by country and era. A meter of chaos.
85 ptsDeep Cut37 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Angstrom
- Astronomical unit
- Barn— Nuclear cross-section unit. 'As big as a barn,' in particle physics terms.
- Becquerel
- Bit
- Bushel
- Candela
- Chain
- Coulomb
- Cubit
- Dram
- Erg
- Farad
- Fathom
- Fortnight— Two weeks. Beloved by British people and crossword setters.
- Gauss
- Gill
- Grain
- Gray
- Hand— How you measure a horse. Four inches per hand, no fingers involved.
- Henry
- Hogshead— 63 gallons of wine, one delightful word.
- League
- Lumen
- Lux
- Mach
- Micron
- Mole
- Ohm
- Peck
- Radian
- Rod
- Sievert
- Slug— The imperial unit of mass nobody asked for. Physics students still have nightmares.
- Smoot— Oliver Smoot's body, used to measure the Harvard Bridge. 364.4 smoots plus one ear.
- Steradian
- Tesla
60 ptsRare26 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Barrel
- Byte
- Calorie
- Carat
- Cubic meter
- Day
- Degree
- Fluid ounce
- Hectare
- Horsepower
- Joule
- Kilowatt hour
- Knot
- Light year
- Milligram
- Milliliter
- Millimeter
- Nanometer
- Nautical mile
- Newton
- Parsec
- Pascal
- PSI
- Stone
- Week
- Year
30 ptsSchooler25 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Acre
- Ampere
- Celsius
- Centimeter
- Cup
- Decibel
- Fahrenheit
- Gallon
- Gram
- Hertz
- Hour
- Inch
- Kelvin
- Kilometer
- Liter
- Minute
- Ounce
- Pint
- Quart
- Tablespoon
- Teaspoon
- Ton
- Volt
- Watt
- Yard
15 ptsToo Clever1 answer
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Furlong— The horseracing unit everyone brings up when quizzed. You're not the first to feel clever here.
10 ptsPlankton6 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Foot
- Kilogram
- Meter
- Mile
- Pound
- Second