Prompt 5 of 7
Name a metal alloy
61 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answerShow answersHide answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Field's metal— Melts in the palm of your hand at 62 degrees C, and it isn't even toxic like the old stuff. Magic trick alloy.
85 ptsDeep Cut36 answersShow answersHide answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Alloy steel
- Alnico
- Babbitt
- Beryllium copper
- Billon
- Britannia metal
- Chromoly
- Cobalt-chrome
- Constantan
- Corten steel
- Galinstan
- Hastelloy
- High-speed steel
- Invar
- Kanthal
- Kovar
- Magnalium
- Magnesium alloy
- Manganin
- Maraging steel
- Mischmetal
- Monel
- Mu-metal
- Naval brass
- Nickel silver
- Nitinol— A nickel-titanium alloy that remembers its shape. Bend it, heat it, it snaps back.
- Nordic gold
- Permalloy
- Phosphor bronze
- Pig iron
- Shakudo
- Spring steel
- Tool steel
- Wood's metal
- Wootz steel
- Zamak
60 ptsRare11 answersShow answersHide answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Aluminium alloy
- Amalgam
- Bell metal
- Cupronickel
- Duralumin
- Gunmetal
- Inconel
- Nichrome
- Solder
- Titanium alloy
- Wrought iron
30 ptsSchooler7 answersShow answersHide answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Carbon steel
- Cast iron
- Pewter
- Rose gold
- Stainless steel
- Sterling silver
- White gold
15 ptsToo Clever3 answersShow answersHide answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Damascus steel— The knife-forum favorite. Beautiful. Predictable.
- Electrum— Gold plus silver, and the ancient-coin nerds never miss a chance to say it.
- Tungsten carbide— Strictly a ceramic held together with cobalt glue — but every ring shop sells it as metal, so fine.
10 ptsPlankton3 answersShow answersHide answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Brass
- Bronze
- Steel