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
- Thomas IncoomDeep Cut85points
- Thomas MeunierDeep Cut85points
- Thomas MorsteadDeep Cut85points
- Thomas OdukoyaDeep Cut85points
- Thomas YassminDeep Cut85points
- Tim IroegbunamDeep Cut85points
- Tim JonesDeep Cut85points
- Tim Keenan IIIDeep Cut85points
- Tim PatrickDeep Cut85points
- Tim SettleDeep Cut85points
- Tim SmithDeep Cut85points
- Timmy HorneDeep Cut85points
- Tip ReimanDeep Cut85points
- TJ Hall Jr.Deep Cut85points
- TJ ParkerDeep Cut85points
- TJ QuinnDeep Cut85points
- Tom HeatonDeep Cut85points
- Tom KennedyDeep Cut85points
- Tom McGillDeep Cut85points
- Tom ProctorDeep Cut85points
- Tommy Doman Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Tommy Dunn Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Tommy EichenbergDeep Cut85points
- Tommy TogiaiDeep Cut85points
- Tommy TownsendDeep Cut85points
- Tommy TrembleDeep Cut85points
- Tonka HemingwayDeep Cut85points
- Tony AdamsDeep Cut85points
- Tony Fields IIDeep Cut85points
- Tony JeffersonDeep Cut85points
- Toriano Pride Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Torricelli Simpkins IIIDeep Cut85points
- Tory HortonDeep Cut85points
- Tory TaylorDeep Cut85points
- Tosin AdarabioyoDeep Cut85points
- Trace FordDeep Cut85points
- Trai HumeDeep Cut85points
- Travis BurkeDeep Cut85points
- Travis ClaytonDeep Cut85points
- Travis GloverDeep Cut85points
- Travis HomerDeep Cut85points
- Travis JonesDeep Cut85points
- Tre BrownDeep Cut85points
- Tre TuckerDeep Cut85points
- Tre WatsonDeep Cut85points
- Tre' HarrisDeep Cut85points
- Tre'von MoehrigDeep Cut85points
- Trebor PenaDeep Cut85points
- Tremaine EdmundsDeep Cut85points
- Tremon SmithDeep 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.