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Elements with One-Letter Symbols

Can you name the elements with one letter symbols?
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Last updated: February 7, 2019
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First submittedJune 20, 2015
Times taken52,286
Average score78.6%
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Symbol
Element
B
Boron
C
Carbon
F
Fluorine
H
Hydrogen
I
Iodine
K
Potassium
N
Nitrogen
Symbol
Element
O
Oxygen
P
Phosphorus
S
Sulfur
U
Uranium
V
Vanadium
W
Tungsten
Y
Yttrium
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Level 68
Jun 20, 2015
Isn't sulphur also spelled with a ph?
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Level 66
Jul 27, 2017
Very good quiz! I'm surprised this hasn't been featured as it mixes well-known with little-known elements making it challenging but not impossible. I do like the order you chose for the answers. It's apparent to those who know the quirks of the periodic table, but it's perhaps not obvious to all, adding a bit of a challenge without making it undoable.
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Level 65
Jul 27, 2017
Thanks! Accurate description :)
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Level 75
Feb 8, 2019
What do you mean? They are in alphabetical order by symbol...
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Level 87
Feb 7, 2019
I'm a bit surprised that more people knew that K was potassium than knew that S was sulfur.
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Level 77
Feb 7, 2019
They might have been guessing potassium for P.
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Level 74
Feb 8, 2019
It may be more widely known because it has medical relevance; for example people on certain blood thinners need to avoid foods containing "Vitamin K" because potassium helps blood clot. Whereas sulphur's medical relevance is primarily fart-avoidance...
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Level 71
Apr 22, 2019
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that has nothing to do with potassium. The "K" comes from the german for "coagulation". Sulfur is present in many antibiotics, and has about the same abundance in the human body as potassium.
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Level 59
Feb 8, 2019
I only know potassium BECAUSE it starts with K
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Level 60
Feb 8, 2019
K is also called Kalium. Could you accept that ? I only knew the original names, not the English ones... so missed several.
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Level 59
Apr 20, 2019
Kalium is the Latin for potassium.
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Level 66
Apr 23, 2019
It is the name of the chemical in every language but english.
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Level 57
Nov 30, 2020
Potassium is the English for Kalium.
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Level 51
Oct 25, 2021
not in spanish. in spanish its pronounced potassium
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Level 47
Aug 15, 2022
it's pronounced /potasjo/
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Level 48
Apr 5, 2019
Please accept Valium for V
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Level 78
Apr 20, 2019
Valium and vanadium are not the same thing
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Level 56
Apr 22, 2019
Sounds like YellowJacket needs to relax. Have some vanadium!
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Level 66
Apr 20, 2019
Is there a certain characteristic an element must have to be a single-letter one?
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Level 61
Apr 21, 2019
No
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Level 70
Apr 22, 2019
Beginning with a letter that no previously discovered elements began with (at least in some language) helps.
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Level 66
Feb 20, 2021
latin i think
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Level 54
Apr 20, 2019
I did poorly on this quiz. I think I was out of my element,
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Level 56
Apr 22, 2019
This is the pun police! Get on the ground and put your hands where we can see them!
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Level 85
Jan 1, 2020
Sending him to the punitentiary?
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Level 66
Apr 23, 2019
I thought it was punny
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Level 59
Oct 26, 2019
Go eat a Pb and J sandwich.
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Level 70
Aug 24, 2023
Stop with the puns! Don't you think we've all sulfured enough?
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Level 66
Apr 22, 2019
Missed V and Y. Typed Vadium at the last second. Didn't know I was really close.
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Level 70
Apr 23, 2019
got them all!!!
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Level 29
Apr 23, 2019
I got them all right with 1:02 left
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Level 29
Apr 23, 2019
No way, me too!
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Level 59
Sep 1, 2021
1:10 left and I'm still learning chemistry in school
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Level 63
Aug 26, 2023
1:22 left on my first try and on mobile and also I’m 3 months old
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Level 49
May 18, 2019
We need one without hints from the alphabet
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Level 30
Feb 18, 2020
I forgot Y. I got it at the last second.
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Level 60
Jun 21, 2021
Y did you forget it?
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Level 70
Mar 10, 2020
Stupid Potassium and Tungsten. Like why have a "K" and a "W"?
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Level 67
Jun 1, 2020
Because it's called Kalium and Wolfram.
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Level 78
Mar 30, 2021
I like to take this quiz periodically.
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Level 66
Jul 23, 2021
Knew it was Vanadium, just couldn't spell it correctly.
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Level 72
Jul 23, 2021
How many other spellings are there?
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Level 46
Jul 23, 2021
It's 12:30 in the morning and I am IoDONE with my life. :\
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Level 67
Jul 27, 2021
21 seconds.
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Level 27
Jul 29, 2021
Great quiz, always forget tungsten!!!
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Level 59
Sep 1, 2021
I was wondering why sodium isn't here, then I'm like Na, sodium has a two letter symbol, not one.
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Level 60
Feb 14, 2023
11/14 boooooooo!
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Level 67
Aug 24, 2023
19 seconds
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Level 81
Sep 5, 2023
nice one
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Level 49
Nov 30, 2023
totally blanked on tungsten - good quiz :)