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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.

Dated record7 questions · 30,015 recorded answers

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
  • Western pygmy blueDeep Cut85points
  • Western rosellaDeep Cut85points
  • Western skinkDeep Cut85points
  • Western slender blue-tongueDeep Cut85points
  • Western StickseedDeep Cut85points
  • Western swamphenDeep Cut85points
  • Western tailed-blueDeep Cut85points
  • Western tragopanDeep Cut85points
  • WheatleyiteDeep Cut85points
  • Whiskered pittaDeep Cut85points
  • White Band Nimble BlueDeep Cut85points
  • White CeruleanDeep Cut85points
  • White Ciliate BlueDeep Cut85points
  • White four-line blueDeep Cut85points
  • White hedge blueDeep Cut85points
  • White marlinDeep Cut85points
  • White oakblueDeep Cut85points
  • White Spotted SapphireDeep Cut85points
  • White-Banded Babul BlueDeep Cut85points
  • White-Banded CeruleanDeep Cut85points
  • White-banded hedge blueDeep Cut85points
  • White-banded line-blueDeep Cut85points
  • White-Banded OakblueDeep Cut85points
  • White-banded swallowDeep Cut85points
  • White-bellied blue flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • White-bellied blue robinDeep Cut85points
  • White-bellied dacnisDeep Cut85points
  • White-bellied kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • White-browed shortwingDeep Cut85points
  • White-chinned sapphireDeep Cut85points
  • White-collared jayDeep Cut85points
  • White-dot oakblueDeep Cut85points
  • White-edged blue baronDeep Cut85points
  • White-faced heronDeep Cut85points
  • White-fronted bee-eaterDeep Cut85points
  • White-mantled kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • White-naped jayDeep Cut85points
  • White-ringed argus blueDeep Cut85points
  • White-rumped kingfisherDeep Cut85points
  • White-rumped swallowDeep Cut85points
  • White-spotted oakblueDeep Cut85points
  • White-stained oakblueDeep Cut85points
  • White-tailed blue flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • White-tailed blue robinDeep Cut85points
  • White-tailed flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • White-tailed jayDeep Cut85points
  • White-tailed swallowDeep Cut85points
  • White-throated bee-eaterDeep Cut85points
  • White-throated Blue SwallowDeep Cut85points
  • White-throated jayDeep 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

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