Name one element for each letter of the alphabet that starts an element name — one valid answer lights up every element sharing that initial.
23 letters are in play. Some are a free-for-all (14 elements start with C), while X belongs to xenon alone.
How to play
Type any element beginning with the shown letter — one valid answer clears the letter and lights up all its elements.
The alphabet advances in order; give up at any time to see an example for each letter you missed.
What counts in this quiz
23 letters — no element's English name starts with J, Q, or W (tungsten covers W's old ground, but under T).
Any element with the right initial counts; you never need a specific one.
Good to know
J and Q are the only letters of the alphabet that appear in no element symbol — every other letter shows up somewhere on the table.
Four elements are named after one tiny Swedish village: yttrium, terbium, erbium, and ytterbium all honor Ytterby, where the mineral containing them was first dug up.
Tungsten's symbol is W for its German name, Wolfram — one of several symbols taken from older names, like Ag for silver (argentum) and Pb for lead (plumbum).
Oganesson is one of only two elements named after a person who was alive at the time: Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian. The other is seaborgium, honoring Glenn Seaborg.