What do most people say for “Name a chemical you might find at home”?

The usual first answers are Bleach, Water, Salt and Baking soda. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a chemical you might find at home”?

89 in all: 4 on The Tip, 11 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a chemical you might find at home” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Lye” and the longest is “Sodium lauryl sulfate”.

How hard is “Name a chemical you might find at home”?

Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

Chemistry trivia

Name a chemical you might find at home

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a chemical you might find at home”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 89 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Bleach
Water
Salt
Baking soda

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Vinegar
Ammonia
Rubbing alcohol
Hydrogen peroxide
Acetone
Sugar
Ethanol
Citric acid
Chlorine
Borax
Washing soda

How deep does “Name a chemical you might find at home” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	4	10
Below the Surface	11	25
The Deep	28	50
The Abyss	45	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 28 answers starting with B, C, E, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

89 answers in total, 45 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Lye”. Longest: “Sodium lauryl sulfate”.
S, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
29 answers can be typed more than one way: “Glycerin” counts as Glycerol.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 16 of the answers begin with it.
Bleach, Water and Salt are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Named reactions and techniques often carry the chemist’s name.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a chemical you might find at home”?: The usual first answers are Bleach, Water, Salt and Baking soda. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a chemical you might find at home”?: 89 in all: 4 on The Tip, 11 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a chemical you might find at home” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Lye” and the longest is “Sodium lauryl sulfate”.
How hard is “Name a chemical you might find at home”?: Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

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