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
- Brittain BrownDeep Cut85points
- Brock HoffmanDeep Cut85points
- Brock LampeDeep Cut85points
- Brock WrightDeep Cut85points
- Broderick JonesDeep Cut85points
- Broderick Washington Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Brooke Norton-CuffyDeep Cut85points
- Bruno GuimarãesDeep Cut85points
- Bryan AngerDeep Cut85points
- Bryan BreseeDeep Cut85points
- Bryan CookDeep Cut85points
- Bryan HudsonDeep Cut85points
- Bryan Thomas Jr.Deep Cut85points
- Bryce BaringerDeep Cut85points
- Bryce BoettcherDeep Cut85points
- Bryce CabeldueDeep Cut85points
- Bryce HallDeep Cut85points
- Bryce LanceDeep Cut85points
- Bryce OliverDeep Cut85points
- Brycen TremayneDeep Cut85points
- Bryson EasonDeep Cut85points
- Bryson NesbitDeep Cut85points
- Bub MeansDeep Cut85points
- Bud ClarkDeep Cut85points
- Budda BakerDeep Cut85points
- Buddy JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Byron CowartDeep Cut85points
- Byron Murphy IIDeep Cut85points
- Byron Young (Los Angeles Rams)Deep Cut85points
- Byron Young (Philadelphia Eagles)Deep Cut85points
- C.J. HendersonDeep Cut85points
- C.J. WestDeep Cut85points
- Cade KlubnikDeep Cut85points
- Cade MaysDeep Cut85points
- Cade StoverDeep Cut85points
- Caden BarnettDeep Cut85points
- Caden CurryDeep Cut85points
- Caden FordhamDeep Cut85points
- Caedan WallaceDeep Cut85points
- Cairo SantosDeep Cut85points
- Caleb BanksDeep Cut85points
- Caleb DouglasDeep Cut85points
- Caleb JohnsonDeep Cut85points
- Caleb KporhaDeep Cut85points
- Caleb LohnerDeep Cut85points
- Caleb LomuDeep Cut85points
- Caleb MurphyDeep Cut85points
- Caleb RansawDeep Cut85points
- Caleb RogersDeep Cut85points
- Caleb TiernanDeep 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.