Name a chemical element whose name ends in -ium

This prompt last appeared Dive #68. For today's seven questions, start on the live run.

Today's Krillion answers Practice this dive Dated sheet

25-second pick · +100

Ytterbium One in a Krillion

9 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 79 accepted answers on the sheet

Leave the textbook headline for later — it is usually Plankton. We would type Ytterbium: One in a Krillion, +100, 9 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Calcium, Helium, Lithium, or Potassium — those are Plankton. It is also the One in a Krillion on this sheet, so the rare pick and the typeable pick are the same.

Skip Calcium · Helium · Lithium · Potassium

Hints

Hint 1. 79 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Americium

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Ytterbium · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Ytterbium One in a Krillion 100 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Ytterbium 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Actinium 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Berkelium 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bohrium 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Cerium 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Curium 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Dubnium 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Dysprosium 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Americium 60 pts
  • Beryllium 60 pts
  • Cesium 60 pts
  • Gallium 60 pts
  • Germanium 60 pts
  • Iridium 60 pts
  • Niobium 60 pts
  • Osmium 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Calcium 10
  • Helium 10
  • Lithium 10
  • Potassium 10
  • Sodium 10

Public accepted list

Same buckets the game published. We do not re-grade. The pick above is the plan; this block is the record.

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a chemical element whose name ends in -ium

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 46 ● Rare · 17 ● Schooler · 10 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Ytterbium +100 One of four elements named after Ytterby, a Swedish village.
Deep Cut +85 46 answers — tap to reveal
  • Actinium +85
  • Berkelium +85
  • Bohrium +85
  • Californium +85
  • Cerium +85
  • Copernicium +85
  • Curium +85
  • Darmstadtium +85
  • Dubnium +85
  • Dysprosium +85
  • Erbium +85
  • Europium +85
  • Fermium +85
  • Flerovium +85
  • Francium +85
  • Gadolinium +85
  • Hafnium +85
  • Hassium +85
  • Holmium +85
  • Indium +85
  • Lawrencium +85
  • Livermorium +85
  • Lutetium +85
  • Meitnerium +85
  • Mendelevium +85
  • Moscovium +85
  • Neodymium +85
  • Neptunium +85
  • Nihonium +85
  • Nobelium +85
  • Praseodymium +85
  • Promethium +85
  • Protactinium +85
  • Rhenium +85
  • Roentgenium +85
  • Rubidium +85
  • Ruthenium +85
  • Rutherfordium +85
  • Samarium +85
  • Scandium +85
  • Seaborgium +85
  • Technetium +85
  • Tellurium +85
  • Terbium +85
  • Thulium +85
  • Yttrium +85
Rare +60 17 answers — tap to reveal
  • Americium +60
  • Beryllium +60
  • Cesium +60
  • Einsteinium +60
  • Gallium +60
  • Germanium +60
  • Iridium +60
  • Niobium +60
  • Osmium +60
  • Palladium +60
  • Polonium +60
  • Rhodium +60
  • Strontium +60
  • Thallium +60
  • Thorium +60
  • Vanadium +60
  • Zirconium +60
Schooler +30 10 answers — tap to reveal
  • Aluminium +30
  • Barium +30
  • Cadmium +30
  • Chromium +30
  • Magnesium +30
  • Plutonium +30
  • Radium +30
  • Selenium +30
  • Titanium +30
  • Uranium +30
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Calcium +10
  • Helium +10
  • Lithium +10
  • Potassium +10
  • Sodium +10