Recorded answers
3,151 recorded answers
How to approach it
The pool is enormous, so the real work is scouting for obscurity rather than recall. Begin by picking one league and one roster tier — a promoted club's bench, a franchise's special-teams unit, a newly signed full-back nobody has watched yet — then walk the roster until a name surfaces that you have never heard spoken aloud. Resist the first five names that arrive; they are the ones everyone else types. Check spelling variants and initials, because unusual transliterations and apostrophes tend to hide names that few solvers think of. Before committing, ask whether the person has appeared in a competitive fixture this season; a name technically on the books is what the question allows, and that margin is where the deep answers live.
Get a hint
Start from the sheer size of the pool: two leagues, dozens of squads and a spread of roles that runs from kicking specialists to full-backs who barely feature.
A little more
Walk a roster the way a scout would, through reserve defenders, third-choice goalkeepers, undrafted newcomers and academy call-ups, and you reach the seam almost nobody else digs.
One step further
Spelling is a legitimate lever: surnames buried late in the alphabet, double-barrelled forms and odd transliterations usually sit in a shallower bucket than a name everyone can type.
Reveal answers 3,151
- Exequiel PalaciosDeep Cut85points
- Eyioma UwazurikeDeep Cut85points
- Ezra ClevelandDeep Cut85points
- Fabian MoreauDeep Cut85points
- Fabian SchärDeep Cut85points
- Fábio CarvalhoDeep Cut85points
- Fadil DiggsDeep Cut85points
- Febechi NwaiwuDeep Cut85points
- Federico MarangesDeep Cut85points
- Feleipe FranksDeep Cut85points
- Felix Anudike-UzomahDeep Cut85points
- Felix ScottDeep Cut85points
- Femi AzeezDeep Cut85points
- Fernando CarmonaDeep Cut85points
- FlorentinoDeep Cut85points
- Floyd SambaDeep Cut85points
- Folorunso FatukasiDeep Cut85points
- Foster MoreauDeep Cut85points
- Foster SarellDeep Cut85points
- Foyesade OluokunDeep Cut85points
- Frank CrumDeep Cut85points
- Frank Gore Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Frank OnyekaDeep Cut85points
- Fraser ForsterDeep Cut85points
- Fred Davis IIDeep Cut85points
- Fred JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Freddie WoodmanDeep Cut85points
- Gabe HallDeep Cut85points
- Gabe JacasDeep Cut85points
- Gabriel GudmundssonDeep Cut85points
- Gabriel RubioDeep Cut85points
- Gaga SloninaDeep Cut85points
- Gage LarvadainDeep Cut85points
- Gardner Minshew IIDeep Cut85points
- Garett BollesDeep Cut85points
- Garmon RandolphDeep Cut85points
- Garret WallowDeep Cut85points
- Garrett BradburyDeep Cut85points
- Garrett DellingerDeep Cut85points
- Garrett DiGiorgioDeep Cut85points
- Garrett GreeneDeep Cut85points
- Garrett NelsonDeep Cut85points
- Garrett NussmeierDeep Cut85points
- Garrett WilliamsDeep Cut85points
- Gary JenningsDeep Cut85points
- Gary Smith IIIDeep Cut85points
- Gavin BartholomewDeep Cut85points
- Gavin OrtegaDeep Cut85points
- Genesis SmithDeep Cut85points
- Gennings DunkerDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
Almost everything clusters at 85 points: 2505 of the recorded answers landed in that band, which tells you the puzzle rewards depth of roster knowledge rather than household fame. The single 100-point answer, Tom King, stands alone at the top because apparently nobody else offered it. Names such as A.J. Haulcy and Aaron Banks, both at 85, are typical of that winning tier — players a devoted follower of one team knows and the wider public does not. Adetomiwa Adebawore, also at 85, fits the same profile: a rotational defender whose surname is long enough to stick only with people who actually watch the snaps. The 517 answers sitting at 60 points are the more familiar end of the scale, the picks a casual viewer reaches for first. Rarity drives the scoring, so the lesson runs against instinct: the more obvious a name feels, the less it is worth.