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
- Malcolm RodriguezDeep Cut85points
- Malick FofanaDeep Cut85points
- Malick ThiawDeep Cut85points
- Malick YalcouyéDeep Cut85points
- Maliek CollinsDeep Cut85points
- Malik BensonDeep Cut85points
- Malik DavisDeep Cut85points
- Malik HarrisonDeep Cut85points
- Malik HerringDeep Cut85points
- Malik HookerDeep Cut85points
- Malik McClainDeep Cut85points
- Malik Muhammad IIDeep Cut85points
- Malik MustaphaDeep Cut85points
- Malik OlayiwolaDeep Cut85points
- Malik TurnerDeep Cut85points
- Malik WashingtonDeep Cut85points
- Malo GustoDeep Cut85points
- Mamadou SangareDeep Cut85points
- Mansoor DelaneDeep Cut85points
- Manuel ÁngelDeep Cut85points
- Manuel UgarteDeep Cut85points
- Mapalo MwansaDeep Cut85points
- Marcelino McCrary-BallDeep Cut85points
- Marcelino NúñezDeep Cut85points
- Marcellas Dial Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Marcellus JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Marco BizotDeep Cut85points
- Marco WilsonDeep Cut85points
- Marcos SenesiDeep Cut85points
- Marcus BettinelliDeep Cut85points
- Marcus BryantDeep Cut85points
- Marcus EppsDeep Cut85points
- Marcus Harris (Kansas City Chiefs)Deep Cut85points
- Marcus Harris (Tennessee Titans)Deep Cut85points
- Marcus JonesDeep Cut85points
- Marcus MbowDeep Cut85points
- Mario Edwards Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Mario Goodrich IIIDeep Cut85points
- Marist LiufauDeep Cut85points
- Mark GillespieDeep Cut85points
- Mark RedmanDeep Cut85points
- Mark TraversDeep Cut85points
- Markel BellDeep Cut85points
- Markquese BellDeep Cut85points
- Marli SalmonDeep Cut85points
- Marlin KleinDeep Cut85points
- Marlowe WaxDeep Cut85points
- Marques SigleDeep Cut85points
- Marquez Valdes-ScantlingDeep Cut85points
- Marte MapuDeep 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.