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How to Spell Buoy with Periodic Table Elements

5 B Boron 92 U Uranium 8 O Oxygen 39 Y Yttrium

Buoy can be spelled using 4 elements from the periodic table: B (Boron, #5), U (Uranium, #92), O (Oxygen, #8), Y (Yttrium, #39).

This combination uses a mix of Metalloid, Actinide, Nonmetal and Transition Metal elements, spanning 4 tiles in total. Each element contributes one letter to spell out the word.

Element Breakdown

B

Boron (B)

Atomic number 5 Metalloid

Boron might not be famous, but it is hiding in things you use every day.

U

Uranium (U)

Atomic number 92 Actinide

Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Heinrich Klaproth, who named it after the planet Uranus, which had been discovered just eight years earlier.

O

Oxygen (O)

Atomic number 8 Nonmetal

Oxygen is the element you literally cannot live without.

Y

Yttrium (Y)

Atomic number 39 Transition Metal

Yttrium is one of four elements named after the tiny Swedish village of Ytterby (the others are ytterbium, terbium, and erbium — talk about a famous village!).

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