Name a shade of blue

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25-second pick · +100

Smalt One in a Krillion

5 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 52 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Smalt: One in a Krillion, +100, 5 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Baby blue, Dark blue, Light blue, or Navy blue — 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 Baby blue · Dark blue · Light blue · Navy blue

Hints

Hint 1. 52 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 5 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Azure

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Smalt · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Smalt 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

  • Smalt 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Celeste 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Glaucous 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Zaffre 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Alice blue 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • French blue 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Klein blue 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Maya blue 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Azure 60 pts
  • Cyan 60 pts
  • Denim 60 pts
  • Sapphire 60 pts
  • Cadet blue 60 pts
  • Dodger blue 60 pts
  • Ice blue 60 pts
  • Ocean blue 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Baby blue 10
  • Dark blue 10
  • Light blue 10
  • Navy blue 10
  • Royal blue 10
  • Sky blue 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 shade of blue

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 18 ● Rare · 12 ● Schooler · 13 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 6
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Smalt +100
Deep Cut +85 18 answers — tap to reveal
  • Air force blue +85
  • Alice blue +85
  • Cambridge blue +85
  • Celeste +85
  • Columbia blue +85
  • Egyptian blue +85
  • French blue +85
  • Glaucous +85
  • Klein blue +85
  • Lapis lazuli +85
  • Majorelle blue +85
  • Maya blue +85
  • Oxford blue +85
  • Peacock blue +85
  • Persian blue +85
  • Prussian blue +85
  • True blue +85
  • Zaffre +85
Rare +60 12 answers — tap to reveal
  • Azure +60
  • Cadet blue +60
  • Carolina blue +60
  • Cyan +60
  • Denim +60
  • Dodger blue +60
  • Electric blue +60
  • Ice blue +60
  • Ocean blue +60
  • Sapphire +60
  • Slate blue +60
  • Tiffany blue +60
Schooler +30 13 answers — tap to reveal
  • Aqua +30
  • Aquamarine +30
  • Cerulean +30
  • Cobalt blue +30
  • Cornflower blue +30
  • Indigo +30
  • Midnight blue +30
  • Periwinkle +30
  • Powder blue +30
  • Robin's egg blue +30
  • Steel blue +30
  • Teal +30
  • Turquoise +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ultramarine +15
  • YInMn blue +15
Plankton +10 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Baby blue +10
  • Dark blue +10
  • Light blue +10
  • Navy blue +10
  • Royal blue +10
  • Sky blue +10