Helium

Helium is the element that makes balloons float and your voice sound hilariously squeaky. It was first discovered not on Earth but in sunlight! In 1868, scientists studying a solar eclipse noticed a mysterious yellow line in the Sun's spectrum that did not match any known element. They named it after 'Helios,' the Greek god of the Sun.

Helium is the second lightest element and a noble gas, meaning it almost never reacts with anything. It is so lightweight that when released into the atmosphere, it actually escapes Earth's gravity and drifts into space. That is why helium is a non-renewable resource — once it floats away, it is gone for good. Beyond party balloons, helium is crucial for cooling MRI machines in hospitals and for deep-sea diving mixtures.

As a two-letter symbol, 'He' is incredibly useful in Spellement. It lets you spell the word 'he' directly and helps build countless other words like 'hero' and 'heat.'