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
- Zion JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Zion LogueDeep Cut85points
- Zion WashingtonDeep Cut85points
- Zion WilsonDeep Cut85points
- Zion YoungDeep Cut85points
- Zyon McCollumDeep Cut85points
- A.J. Terrell Jr.Rare60points
- Aaron HickeyRare60points
- Aaron Jones Sr.Rare60points
- Aaron Wan-BissakaRare60points
- Abdukodir KhusanovRare60points
- Abdul CarterRare60points
- Adam WhartonRare60points
- AJ BarnerRare60points
- AJ DillonRare60points
- Alec PierceRare60points
- Alejandro GarnachoRare60points
- Alex HighsmithRare60points
- Alex IwobiRare60points
- Alex ScottRare60points
- Amad DialloRare60points
- Amadou OnanaRare60points
- Amine AdliRare60points
- Andrew ThomasRare60points
- Andrew Van GinkelRare60points
- Andy DaltonRare60points
- Anthony ElangaRare60points
- Antoine SemenyoRare60points
- Antoine Winfield Jr.Rare60points
- Antonee RobinsonRare60points
- Ao TanakaRare60points
- Archie GrayRare60points
- Austin EkelerRare60points
- Ayden HeavenRare60points
- Ben ChilwellRare60points
- Ben DaviesRare60points
- Ben WhiteRare60points
- Bhayshul TutenRare60points
- Blake CorumRare60points
- Braden FiskeRare60points
- Bradley ChubbRare60points
- Braelon AllenRare60points
- Brandin CooksRare60points
- Brandon AiyukRare60points
- Brandon AubreyRare60points
- Brenden AaronsonRare60points
- Brian BranchRare60points
- Brian BrobbeyRare60points
- Brian BurnsRare60points
- Brian Robinson Jr.Rare60points
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.