Charged particles
The crossword clue "Charged particles" is answered by IONS, a 4-letter entry. Used 256 times across 45 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 42 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
IONS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IONS answer page.
Used 256 times across 45 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 42 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- ANIONS (5 uses in xd)
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- Charged atoms - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
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