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
- Patrick GurdDeep Cut85points
- Patrick HerbertDeep Cut85points
- Patrick JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Patrick Jones IIDeep Cut85points
- Patrick MekariDeep Cut85points
- Patrick O'ConnellDeep Cut85points
- Patrick PaulDeep Cut85points
- Patrick RicardDeep Cut85points
- Paul RubeltDeep Cut85points
- Paulson AdeboDeep Cut85points
- Payne DurhamDeep Cut85points
- Payton PageDeep Cut85points
- Payton TurnerDeep Cut85points
- Payton WilsonDeep Cut85points
- Pep ChavarríaDeep Cut85points
- Percy ButlerDeep Cut85points
- Pete NygraDeep Cut85points
- Pete WernerDeep Cut85points
- Peter SkoronskiDeep Cut85points
- Peter WoodsDeep Cut85points
- Pharaoh BrownDeep Cut85points
- Phidarian MathisDeep Cut85points
- Phil MafahDeep Cut85points
- Phillip Dorsett IIDeep Cut85points
- Piero HincapiéDeep Cut85points
- Pierre Strong Jr.Deep Cut85points
- PJ JulesDeep Cut85points
- Poona FordDeep Cut85points
- Princely UmanmielenDeep Cut85points
- Princeton FantDeep Cut85points
- Promise DavidDeep Cut85points
- Qadir IsmailDeep Cut85points
- Quan MartinDeep Cut85points
- Quay WalkerDeep Cut85points
- Que RobinsonDeep Cut85points
- Quentin LakeDeep Cut85points
- Quentin MooreDeep Cut85points
- Quez WatkinsDeep Cut85points
- Quincy RileyDeep Cut85points
- Quincy Skinner Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Quinn EwersDeep Cut85points
- Quinn MeinerzDeep Cut85points
- Quintayvious HutchinsDeep Cut85points
- Quintin MorrisDeep Cut85points
- Quinton BellDeep Cut85points
- Qwan'tez StiggersDeep Cut85points
- R Mason ThomasDeep Cut85points
- Rachaad WhiteDeep Cut85points
- Raheem LayneDeep Cut85points
- Raheim SandersDeep 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.