Name something that's naturally blue

November 4, 2026 · Daily Dive #112

Explore 3,880 recorded answers and their points for question 3 on November 4, 2026.

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3,880 recorded names on November 4, 2026, 3,720 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Blue is scarce in the natural world, so sweep through living organisms, minerals and celestial objects instead of everyday manufactured items. Count only things that occur in nature without human intervention; synthetic dyes, paints and named commercial products are excluded, however blue they look.

3,880 recorded answers3,720 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut3,71985 pts
  • Rare13260 pts
  • Schooler2030 pts
  • Plankton810 pts
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Recorded answers

3,880 recorded answers

How to approach it

Treat the prompt as a taxonomy exercise rather than a memory test. Sketch four or five large domains where the colour occurs without human help, namely living creatures, minerals, geological formations, celestial objects and optical effects in the atmosphere, then spend a couple of minutes listing everything you can inside each one. The second pass is where the value lies: for every general entry you write, push one level narrower, replacing a broad group with a particular member of it. Precision is what separates a crowded answer from a distinctive one. Keep a shortlist of odd, hard-to-spell names too, since obscure corners of the natural world are exactly where a puzzle like this rewards curiosity. Submit your most specific defensible pick, not your first thought.

Get a hint

Start with the broad kingdoms of life and work downward: the trait turns up in creatures of the air, the water and the leaf, so no single habitat has a monopoly on it.

A little more

Non-living nature is just as productive, since the mineral kingdom, deep geological features and deep space all supply candidates that casual players rarely consider.

One step further

For the biggest score, aim at the narrowest possible label, meaning a single species, one named formation or one particular celestial body, rather than the general family it belongs to.

Reveal answers 3,880
  • Blue land crabDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lanternfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lasaiaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue latan palmDeep Cut85points
  • Blue leaf blueDeep Cut85points
  • Blue leopard corydorasDeep Cut85points
  • Blue leschenaultiaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lettuceDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lilly pillyDeep Cut85points
  • Blue limiaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue line rasboraDeep Cut85points
  • Blue LingDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lingcodDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lollipop tunicateDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lorikeetDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lovegrassDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lyme grassDeep Cut85points
  • Blue lyretailDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mackerelDeep Cut85points
  • Blue magpieDeep Cut85points
  • Blue malkohaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue malleeDeep Cut85points
  • Blue manakinDeep Cut85points
  • Blue maomaoDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mason beeDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Mauritius AngelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mbunaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Mediterranean fan palmDeep Cut85points
  • Blue MesaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue metalmarkDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Mexican fan palmDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Mint BeetleDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mistflowerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mockingbirdDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mokiDeep Cut85points
  • Blue moon butterflyDeep Cut85points
  • Blue moon danioDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Moon ValleyDeep Cut85points
  • Blue moonbeamDeep Cut85points
  • Blue moonwortDeep Cut85points
  • Blue moor grassDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mormonDeep Cut85points
  • Blue morwongDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Mountains (Jamaica)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue Mountains (Niger)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue mud dauberDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Mud PlantainDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mud-hopperDeep Cut85points
  • Blue mushroom coralDeep Cut85points

Why these answers count

The reveal is enormous, 3,824 accepted answers, yet almost all of them sit in a single band: 3,646 entries earned 85 points and only 150 settled for 60. That shape tells you the puzzle rewards specificity rather than popularity. The 60-point group is the small pool of broad, obvious picks that nearly every player reaches for first, and sharing them costs you. The 85-point tier is the sweet spot, filled with precise labels that most people would never produce: Aberrant oakblue, Abyss Pool and Achernar each scored 85, along with thousands of similarly narrow names. Only one answer, Marble berry, touched 100, which suggests the top band was reserved for the single most obscure defensible entry in the set. In practice, a two-word scientific or geographic name beats a one-word everyday one, and anything a child would say in the first five seconds is almost certainly a 60.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 4 Nov, 12:25 UTC

Names and scores reflect the linked dated reveal. The original game makes the final decision on live acceptance. Editorial policy