Name something that's naturally blue

November 4, 2026 · Daily Dive #112

Explore 3,863 recorded answers and their points for question 3 on November 4, 2026.

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3,863 recorded names on November 4, 2026, 3,703 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.

3,863 recorded answers3,703 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut3,70285 pts
  • Rare13260 pts
  • Schooler2030 pts
  • Plankton810 pts
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Recorded answers

3,863 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 3,863
  • Baluchi jewel blueDeep Cut85points
  • Banana wrasseDeep Cut85points
  • Banda sea pittaDeep Cut85points
  • Banded blue pierrotDeep Cut85points
  • Banded cotingaDeep Cut85points
  • Banded demoiselleDeep Cut85points
  • Banded kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • Banded lineblueDeep Cut85points
  • Banded sea kraitDeep Cut85points
  • BandyliteDeep Cut85points
  • Baoruco Blue AnoleDeep Cut85points
  • Bar-bellied pittaDeep Cut85points
  • BarahonaiteDeep Cut85points
  • Barbour's blue-tailed skinkDeep Cut85points
  • Barka indigobirdDeep Cut85points
  • Barker's smoky blueDeep Cut85points
  • Barnes' blueDeep Cut85points
  • BarroisiteDeep Cut85points
  • Basotho blueDeep Cut85points
  • Bassin BleuDeep Cut85points
  • Batanta blue rainbowfishDeep Cut85points
  • Baton blueDeep Cut85points
  • Bauer's square-spotted blueDeep Cut85points
  • Baviaanskloof blueDeep Cut85points
  • Bavius blueDeep Cut85points
  • Bay-headed tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • BazziteDeep Cut85points
  • Beach kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • Beaked yuccaDeep Cut85points
  • Beautiful blueDeep Cut85points
  • Beautiful demoiselleDeep Cut85points
  • Beautiful jayDeep Cut85points
  • Beautiful meadow blueDeep Cut85points
  • Beautiful nuthatchDeep Cut85points
  • Beautiful zebra blueDeep Cut85points
  • BellatrixDeep Cut85points
  • Bellier's blueDeep Cut85points
  • Belted kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • BenitoiteDeep Cut85points
  • Bernardino blueDeep Cut85points
  • Beryl-spangled tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Bhutan oakblueDeep Cut85points
  • Bhutya lineblueDeep Cut85points
  • Biak hooded pittaDeep Cut85points
  • Biak paradise kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • Bicolor angelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Bicolor parrotfishDeep Cut85points
  • Bicolored hedge blueDeep Cut85points
  • Bifid plushblueDeep Cut85points
  • Big blue dancerDeep 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, 08:15 UTC

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