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
- Jackson HawesDeep Cut85points
- Jackson KuwatchDeep Cut85points
- Jackson MeeksDeep Cut85points
- Jackson Powers-JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Jackson SirmonDeep Cut85points
- Jackson SlaterDeep Cut85points
- Jackson WoodardDeep Cut85points
- Jacob BayerDeep Cut85points
- Jacob BobenmoyerDeep Cut85points
- Jacob CowingDeep Cut85points
- Jacob GreavesDeep Cut85points
- Jacob MartinDeep Cut85points
- Jacob MonkDeep Cut85points
- Jacob MurphyDeep Cut85points
- Jacob ParrishDeep Cut85points
- Jacob RamseyDeep Cut85points
- Jacob RizyDeep Cut85points
- Jacob RodriguezDeep Cut85points
- Jacob SaylorsDeep Cut85points
- Jacob SpomerDeep Cut85points
- Jacob ThomasDeep Cut85points
- Jacoby WindmonDeep Cut85points
- Jadarian PriceDeep Cut85points
- Jaden BradleyDeep Cut85points
- Jaden CrumedyDeep Cut85points
- Jaden DavisDeep Cut85points
- Jaden DuggerDeep Cut85points
- Jaden HicksDeep Cut85points
- Jaden KellerDeep Cut85points
- Jaden PhilogeneDeep Cut85points
- Jaden RobinsonDeep Cut85points
- Jadon CanadyDeep Cut85points
- Jager BurtonDeep Cut85points
- Jahdae WalkerDeep Cut85points
- Jahfari HarveyDeep Cut85points
- Jahlani TavaiDeep Cut85points
- Jahquez RobinsonDeep Cut85points
- Jahvaree RitzieDeep Cut85points
- Jaidon AnthonyDeep Cut85points
- Jair CunhaDeep Cut85points
- Jaishawn BarhamDeep Cut85points
- Jaka BijolDeep Cut85points
- Jake AndrewsDeep Cut85points
- Jake BaileyDeep Cut85points
- Jake BatesDeep Cut85points
- Jake BidwellDeep Cut85points
- Jake BoboDeep Cut85points
- Jake BrendelDeep Cut85points
- Jake BriningstoolDeep Cut85points
- Jake BrowningDeep 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.