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
- Tanner ArkinDeep Cut85points
- Tanner ConnerDeep Cut85points
- Tanner HudsonDeep Cut85points
- Tanner IngleDeep Cut85points
- Tanner KoziolDeep Cut85points
- Tanoa TogiaiDeep Cut85points
- Tanoh KpassagnonDeep Cut85points
- Tanor BortoliniDeep Cut85points
- Tarheeb StillDeep Cut85points
- Tarik MuharemovicDeep Cut85points
- Taron JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Tate RatledgeDeep Cut85points
- Tatsuhiro SakamotoDeep Cut85points
- Tatum BethuneDeep Cut85points
- Tavierre ThomasDeep Cut85points
- Tavius RobinsonDeep Cut85points
- Tay MartinDeep Cut85points
- Taylen GreenDeep Cut85points
- Taylor Harwood-BellisDeep Cut85points
- Taylor MotonDeep Cut85points
- Taylor RappDeep Cut85points
- Te'Cory CouchDeep Cut85points
- Teagan QuitorianoDeep Cut85points
- Teair TartDeep Cut85points
- Ted Hurst IIIDeep Cut85points
- Ted KarrasDeep Cut85points
- Teddy Sharman-LoweDeep Cut85points
- Teddye BuchananDeep Cut85points
- TeRah EdwardsDeep Cut85points
- Terell SmithDeep Cut85points
- Terence SteeleDeep Cut85points
- Terrance FergusonDeep Cut85points
- Terrel BernardDeep Cut85points
- Terrell BurgessDeep Cut85points
- Terry WebbDeep Cut85points
- Tershawn WhartonDeep Cut85points
- Teven JenkinsDeep Cut85points
- Tez JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Thaddeus DixonDeep Cut85points
- Theo BenedetDeep Cut85points
- Theo JacksonDeep Cut85points
- Theo JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Theo JulienneDeep Cut85points
- Theo Wease Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Thierno BarryDeep Cut85points
- Thomas Booker IVDeep Cut85points
- Thomas Fidone IIDeep Cut85points
- Thomas GordonDeep Cut85points
- Thomas HarperDeep Cut85points
- Thomas HennessyDeep 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.