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
- Jorrel HatoRare60points
- Josh DownsRare60points
- Josh Hines-AllenRare60points
- Josh SweatRare60points
- Joshua PalmerRare60points
- Joshua ZirkzeeRare60points
- Julian LoveRare60points
- Julio EncisoRare60points
- Justin FieldsRare60points
- Justin KluivertRare60points
- Ka'imi FairbairnRare60points
- Kamari LassiterRare60points
- Kaoru MitomaRare60points
- KaVontae TurpinRare60points
- Kayshon BoutteRare60points
- Kayvon ThibodeauxRare60points
- Kelvin Banks Jr.Rare60points
- Kenny ClarkRare60points
- Kenny GainwellRare60points
- Kenny PickettRare60points
- Kenyon SadiqRare60points
- Keon ColemanRare60points
- Kepa ArrizabalagaRare60points
- Kerby JosephRare60points
- Khalil ShakirRare60points
- Kirk CousinsRare60points
- Kobie TurnerRare60points
- Kool-Aid McKinstryRare60points
- Kostas TsimikasRare60points
- Kyle HamiltonRare60points
- Kyle JuszczykRare60points
- Kyle Pitts Sr.Rare60points
- Kyren WilliamsRare60points
- L'Jarius SneedRare60points
- Ladd McConkeyRare60points
- Laiatu LatuRare60points
- Landon DickersonRare60points
- Lane JohnsonRare60points
- Laremy TunsilRare60points
- Leif DavisRare60points
- Leny YoroRare60points
- Leonard WilliamsRare60points
- Levi ColwillRare60points
- Lewis CookRare60points
- Lewis DunkRare60points
- Lewis MileyRare60points
- Liam DelapRare60points
- Lucas BergvallRare60points
- Luka VuskovicRare60points
- Luther Burden IIIRare60points
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.