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 BayDeep Cut85points
  • Blue bead lilyDeep Cut85points
  • Blue bearDeep Cut85points
  • Blue beard orchidDeep Cut85points
  • Blue beauty snakeDeep Cut85points
  • Blue begumDeep Cut85points
  • Blue bell tunicateDeep Cut85points
  • Blue bird of paradiseDeep Cut85points
  • Blue bladderwortDeep Cut85points
  • Blue blanquilloDeep Cut85points
  • Blue blubber jellyfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue boboDeep Cut85points
  • Blue botiaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue BoxfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue breamDeep Cut85points
  • Blue brittle starDeep Cut85points
  • Blue BronzebackDeep Cut85points
  • Blue buntingDeep Cut85points
  • Blue butterfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue button jellyfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue cabbage blebDeep Cut85points
  • Blue cabongDeep Cut85points
  • Blue cactus borerDeep Cut85points
  • Blue calamintha beeDeep Cut85points
  • Blue calciteDeep Cut85points
  • Blue caliphDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Caribbean spongeDeep Cut85points
  • Blue carpenter beeDeep Cut85points
  • Blue CascaderDeep Cut85points
  • Blue catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Cave (Biševo)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue Cave (Kastellorizo)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue Cave (Montenegro)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue Cave (Okinawa)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue Cave (Penghu)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue Caves (Zakynthos)Deep Cut85points
  • Blue cereusDeep Cut85points
  • Blue chaffinchDeep Cut85points
  • Blue chalcedonyDeep Cut85points
  • Blue chalk sticksDeep Cut85points
  • Blue chanterelleDeep Cut85points
  • Blue charaxesDeep Cut85points
  • Blue ChaserDeep Cut85points
  • Blue Chevron ButterflyfishDeep Cut85points
  • Blue china orchidDeep Cut85points
  • Blue chromisDeep Cut85points
  • Blue chubDeep Cut85points
  • Blue codDeep Cut85points
  • Blue cohoshDeep Cut85points
  • Blue columnar cactusDeep 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