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-eyed GoldenringDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed grassDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed Ground DoveDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed HawkerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed HooktailDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed Litter FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed rock crabDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed sailorDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed SetwingDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed Spotted CuscusDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed TriplefinDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-eyed Twig AnoleDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced DarnerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced FeatherlegDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced honeyeaterDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced JewelDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced malkohaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced meadowhawkDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced parrotfinchDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced ParrotfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced railDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced RingtailDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-faced SpriteDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fin panaqueDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fin wrasseDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-finned Ghost PipefishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-finned Rock CodDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-flanked TreefrogDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-flash skipperDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted blue flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted dancerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted emeraldDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted fig parrotDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted jewelDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted lancebillDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted lorikeetDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted parrotletDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted redstartDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted robinDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted threadtailDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-fronted waxtailDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-frosted bannerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-glossed skipperDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-gray carpet sharkDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-gray dancerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-gray fire-bellied newtDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-gray gnatcatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-gray lasaiaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-gray robinDeep Cut85points
  • Blue-gray satyrDeep 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