Name a bodily function or biological process (like breathing)

November 11, 2026 · Daily Dive #119

Explore 1,926 recorded answers and their points for question 2 on November 11, 2026.

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1,926 recorded names on November 11, 2026, 1,708 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Work down the body from skin inward and from chemistry outward, because the scoring grid rewards processes registered in anatomy, physiology and biochemistry alike. Count any named function or process a living body performs, including cellular and molecular ones, but not organs, diseases, single chemicals or techniques carried out in a laboratory.

1,926 recorded answers1,708 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut1,70785 pts
  • Rare17360 pts
  • Schooler3830 pts
  • Plankton710 pts
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Recorded answers

1,926 recorded answers

How to approach it

Begin by sketching a rough map of everything a living body does, from gross functions visible to an observer down to events inside a single cell, and keep the map open rather than committing to a shortlist. Then test each candidate against the wording: if it names a thing rather than an activity, set it aside. Convert whatever survives into the most precise technical term you know, because the scoring rewards specificity and penalises vague umbrella words that thousands of other players will also submit. Fill gaps in the map systematically — one pass for mechanical actions, one for chemical conversions, one for control and signalling events — and submit the most obscure accurate term you can defend, since common everyday phrasing saturates quickly.

Get a hint

Start at the scale of whole systems and keep descending: the accepted list treats events at the level of organs, tissues, cells and molecules as equally valid entries.

A little more

Ask what a body does rather than what it has; verbs and nominalised actions are accepted, while structures, conditions and measurements are not, so phrase every candidate as something that happens.

One step further

Rarer, more technical entries have paid the most, so push past the obvious everyday actions into named events from physiology and biochemistry textbooks, where most players never look.

Reveal answers 1,926
  • NF-kB signalingDeep Cut85points
  • Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolismDeep Cut85points
  • Nipple erectionDeep Cut85points
  • Nitric oxide releaseDeep Cut85points
  • Nitric oxide signalingDeep Cut85points
  • Nitrogen metabolismDeep Cut85points
  • Nocturnal clitoral tumescenceDeep Cut85points
  • Non-exercise activity thermogenesisDeep Cut85points
  • Non-homologous end joiningDeep Cut85points
  • Non-image-forming visionDeep Cut85points
  • Non-shivering thermogenesisDeep Cut85points
  • Non-stop decayDeep Cut85points
  • Nonassociative learningDeep Cut85points
  • NondisjunctionDeep Cut85points
  • Nonsense-mediated decayDeep Cut85points
  • Nonsynaptic plasticityDeep Cut85points
  • Noradrenaline secretionDeep Cut85points
  • Noradrenergic transmissionDeep Cut85points
  • Nose blowingDeep Cut85points
  • Notch signalingDeep Cut85points
  • Novelty detectionDeep Cut85points
  • Nuclear envelope breakdownDeep Cut85points
  • Nuclear transportDeep Cut85points
  • Nucleic acid digestionDeep Cut85points
  • Nucleic acid metabolismDeep Cut85points
  • NucleophagyDeep Cut85points
  • Nucleosome assemblyDeep Cut85points
  • Nucleotide excision repairDeep Cut85points
  • Nucleotide metabolismDeep Cut85points
  • Nucleotide sugar biosynthesisDeep Cut85points
  • Nucleotide synthesisDeep Cut85points
  • Numerical cognitionDeep Cut85points
  • Nutrient sensingDeep Cut85points
  • NystagmusDeep Cut85points
  • O-GlcNAcylationDeep Cut85points
  • O-glycan biosynthesisDeep Cut85points
  • Observational learningDeep Cut85points
  • Ocular absorptionDeep Cut85points
  • Ocular tremorDeep Cut85points
  • Oculocardiac reflexDeep Cut85points
  • Oculocephalic reflexDeep Cut85points
  • Okazaki fragment synthesisDeep Cut85points
  • Olfactory learningDeep Cut85points
  • Olfactory memoryDeep Cut85points
  • Olfactory transductionDeep Cut85points
  • Oligodendrocyte differentiationDeep Cut85points
  • Omega oxidationDeep Cut85points
  • One-carbon metabolismDeep Cut85points
  • Oocyte maturationDeep Cut85points
  • Operant conditioningDeep Cut85points

Why these answers count

Points here track how crowded a slot is, not how impressive the term sounds. The reveal held 1926 recorded answers, yet only 1881 cleared the sixty-point threshold, and the distribution is lopsided: a single answer took 100, 1707 sat at 85 and just 173 landed at 60. That shape tells you the middle band was enormous — a long tail of technical vocabulary that almost nobody else thought of — while the bottom of the scale was reserved for a small set of phrases so obvious that they were effectively shared property. Nasal cycle, at 100, was the lone standout, and entries such as 5' capping, Abdominal reflex and Acrosome reaction sit at 85: precise, textbook-register events that read as specialised even to players who recognise them. Everyday wording pulled the 60-point crowd. The practical lesson is that specificity, not familiarity, is what separates a good answer from a scoring one.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 11 Nov, 05:00 UTC

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