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
- Khalil HerbertDeep Cut85points
- Khalil JacobsDeep Cut85points
- Khordae SydnorDeep Cut85points
- Khristian BoydDeep Cut85points
- Khyiris TongaDeep Cut85points
- Kieran DowellDeep Cut85points
- Kiernan Dewsbury-HallDeep Cut85points
- Kiko MauigoaDeep Cut85points
- Kilian ZiererDeep Cut85points
- Kim Ji-SooDeep Cut85points
- Kimani VidalDeep Cut85points
- Kindle VildorDeep Cut85points
- Kingsley EguakunDeep Cut85points
- Kingsley EnagbareDeep Cut85points
- Kingsley JonathanDeep Cut85points
- Kingsley SuamataiaDeep Cut85points
- Kiran AmegadjieDeep Cut85points
- Kitan CrawfordDeep Cut85points
- Kitan OladapoDeep Cut85points
- KJ HenryDeep Cut85points
- Kjell ScherpenDeep Cut85points
- Ko KieftDeep Cut85points
- Kohl LevaoDeep Cut85points
- Kolbe KatsisDeep Cut85points
- Kolton MillerDeep Cut85points
- Konata MumpfieldDeep Cut85points
- Konstantinos TzolakisDeep Cut85points
- Korie BlackDeep Cut85points
- Kris Abrams-DraineDeep Cut85points
- Kris Jenkins Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Kristian FultonDeep Cut85points
- Kristian WelchDeep Cut85points
- Kristoffer AjerDeep Cut85points
- Krys BarnesDeep Cut85points
- KT LevestonDeep Cut85points
- Kurtis RourkeDeep Cut85points
- Kwity PayeDeep Cut85points
- Kyle AllenDeep Cut85points
- Kyle DixonDeep Cut85points
- Kyle DuggerDeep Cut85points
- Kyle HergelDeep Cut85points
- Kyle HintonDeep Cut85points
- Kyle LouisDeep Cut85points
- Kyle McCordDeep Cut85points
- Kyle MonangaiDeep Cut85points
- Kyle TraskDeep Cut85points
- Kyle Van NoyDeep Cut85points
- Kyle WilliamsDeep Cut85points
- Kylen GransonDeep Cut85points
- Kyler BaughDeep 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.