Science quiz
Elements with five letters or fewer
10 element names have five letters or fewer. Type them in any order.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 10 answers
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Easy
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 10
- Time limit
- 2:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the elements with five letters or fewer.
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About this quiz
Short names belong mostly to the metals known since antiquity and to the noble gases, whose names end in on.
- Tin is the only element with a three letter name.
- Four letter names: neon, iron, zinc, gold, lead.
- The longest element name, rutherfordium, has thirteen letters.
Sources
- [1]PubChem, National Institutes of Health. Periodic Table of Elements.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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