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 VagrantDeep Cut85points
  • Blue velvet angelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue velvet headshield slugDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Vermiculate AngelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue vervainDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Victoria mouthbrooderDeep Cut85points
  • Blue viperDeep Cut85points
  • Blue warehouDeep Cut85points
  • Blue waterhyssopDeep Cut85points
  • Blue waxbillDeep Cut85points
  • Blue webcapDeep Cut85points
  • Blue weed whitingDeep Cut85points
  • Blue weevilDeep Cut85points
  • Blue whale catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue wheatDeep Cut85points
  • Blue WhiptailDeep Cut85points
  • Blue whistling thrushDeep Cut85points
  • Blue whitingDeep Cut85points
  • Blue wildebeestDeep Cut85points
  • Blue willow beetleDeep Cut85points
  • Blue WispDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Wood AsterDeep Cut85points
  • Blue wrasseDeep Cut85points
  • Blue YellowwingDeep Cut85points
  • Blue zebra cichlidDeep Cut85points
  • Blue zirconDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-black tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-gold tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-orange eighty-eightDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-orange threadtailDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-red-spotted gobyDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-white flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-white kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-white mockingbirdDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-white swallowDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-yellow chromisDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-yellow tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-and-yellow wrasseDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-axil chromisDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-backed angelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-backed bassletDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-backed conebillDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-backed manakinDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-backed parrotDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-backed silver biddyDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-backed tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-banded angelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-banded beeDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-banded eagle rayDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-banded eggflyDeep 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