Krillion 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
- Jérémy JacquetDeep Cut85points
- Jeremy McNicholsDeep Cut85points
- Jeremy ReavesDeep Cut85points
- Jeremy RuckertDeep Cut85points
- Jermaine EluemunorDeep Cut85points
- Jermaine Johnson IIDeep Cut85points
- Jermod McCoyDeep Cut85points
- Jerrick Reed IIDeep Cut85points
- Jerry TilleryDeep Cut85points
- Jeshaun JonesDeep Cut85points
- Ji'Ayir BrownDeep Cut85points
- Jihad WardDeep Cut85points
- Jim ThwaitesDeep Cut85points
- Jimmy CiarloDeep Cut85points
- Jimmy HolidayDeep Cut85points
- Jimmy Horn Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Jimmy MorrisseyDeep Cut85points
- Jimmy RolderDeep Cut85points
- Jimto ObidegwuDeep Cut85points
- JJ JansenDeep Cut85points
- JJ PeguesDeep Cut85points
- JJ RobertsDeep Cut85points
- JK ScottDeep Cut85points
- JL SkinnerDeep Cut85points
- João GomesDeep Cut85points
- Jocelin Ta BiDeep Cut85points
- Joe AndreessenDeep Cut85points
- Joe BachieDeep Cut85points
- Joe CardonaDeep Cut85points
- Joe FagnanoDeep Cut85points
- Joe GelhardtDeep Cut85points
- Joe Giles-HarrisDeep Cut85points
- Joe HuberDeep Cut85points
- Joe MiltonDeep Cut85points
- Joe RodonDeep Cut85points
- Joe RoyerDeep Cut85points
- Joe ThuneyDeep Cut85points
- Joe TippmannDeep Cut85points
- Joel LatibeaudiereDeep Cut85points
- Joel WilsonDeep Cut85points
- Joey AguilarDeep Cut85points
- Joey BlountDeep Cut85points
- Joey SlyeDeep Cut85points
- Johan ManzambiDeep Cut85points
- John BatesDeep Cut85points
- John EganDeep Cut85points
- John FitzPatrickDeep Cut85points
- John Franklin-MyersDeep Cut85points
- John JenkinsDeep Cut85points
- John Metchie IIIDeep 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.