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Top 100 Most Common Elements on the Periodic Table

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

A past Centumth puzzle. Play it on this page with five guesses, or read the full Top 100 ranking below.

Put on your safety goggles! Dig deep into chemistry class and guess the most abundant, famous, and essential elements found on the periodic table.

This list was researched and ranked by hand for Centumth. Entries near #1 are the names almost everyone thinks of first. Entries near #100 are true, a little obscure, and still fair if you think sideways. Sources below are the starting point — the final order can include small editorial calls so the daily puzzle stays balanced.

You can play this archive puzzle with five guesses, or reveal the complete ranking if you came here looking for the list. Revealing locks this puzzle — you won’t be able to play it afterward.

Sources

Outbound sources help you verify the ranking. The published order is Centumth’s.

The full Top 100

  1. #1Oxygen
  2. #2Carbon
  3. #3Hydrogen
  4. #4Nitrogen
  5. #5Calcium
  6. #6Phosphorus
  7. #7Potassium
  8. #8Sulfur
  9. #9Sodium
  10. #10Chlorine
  11. #11Magnesium
  12. #12Iron
  13. #13Fluorine
  14. #14Zinc
  15. #15Silicon
  16. #16Copper
  17. #17Iodine
  18. #18Manganese
  19. #19Selenium
  20. #20Gold
  21. #21Silver
  22. #22Platinum
  23. #23Helium
  24. #24Neon
  25. #25Argon
  26. #26Uranium
  27. #27Plutonium
  28. #28Aluminum
  29. #29Lead
  30. #30Mercury
  31. #31Titanium
  32. #32Nickel
  33. #33Cobalt
  34. #34Tin
  35. #35Lithium
  36. #36Beryllium
  37. #37Boron
  38. #38Krypton
  39. #39Xenon
  40. #40Radon
  41. #41Chromium
  42. #42Arsenic
  43. #43Bromine
  44. #44Barium
  45. #45Strontium
  46. #46Tungsten
  47. #47Palladium
  48. #48Radium
  49. #49Polonium
  50. #50Bismuth
  51. #51Antimony
  52. #52Cadmium
  53. #53Cesium
  54. #54Rubidium
  55. #55Francium
  56. #56Gallium
  57. #57Germanium
  58. #58Indium
  59. #59Thallium
  60. #60Tellurium
  61. #61Zirconium
  62. #62Ruthenium
  63. #63Rhodium
  64. #64Osmium
  65. #65Iridium
  66. #66Vanadium
  67. #67Niobium
  68. #68Molybdenum
  69. #69Tantalum
  70. #70Technetium
  71. #71Rhenium
  72. #72Hafnium
  73. #73Scandium
  74. #74Yttrium
  75. #75Lanthanum
  76. #76Cerium
  77. #77Praseodymium
  78. #78Neodymium
  79. #79Promethium
  80. #80Samarium
  81. #81Europium
  82. #82Gadolinium
  83. #83Terbium
  84. #84Dysprosium
  85. #85Holmium
  86. #86Erbium
  87. #87Thulium
  88. #88Ytterbium
  89. #89Lutetium
  90. #90Actinium
  91. #91Thorium
  92. #92Protactinium
  93. #93Neptunium
  94. #94Americium
  95. #95Curium
  96. #96Berkelium
  97. #97Californium
  98. #98Einsteinium
  99. #99Fermium
  100. #100Mendelevium

The full ranked list is included on this page. Use Reveal full 100 list to read it, or play the game above.