Name something players aim at to score in a sport (like a hoop).

November 6, 2026 · Daily Dive #114

Explore 200 recorded answers and their points for question 4 on November 6, 2026.

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200 recorded names on November 6, 2026, 171 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Think of the full spread of sports, from schoolyard games to obscure regional pastimes, and ask what a player physically throws, kicks, or shoots toward. Name the concrete object or marked area that a player deliberately targets in order to register a score; bats, rackets, clubs and protective gear do not count.

200 recorded answers171 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut17085 pts
  • Rare1860 pts
  • Schooler830 pts
  • Plankton310 pts
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Recorded answers

200 recorded answers

How to approach it

Work through sport families rather than trying to recall one famous example. Begin with the big ball games, then move to target sports, cue and table games, athletic field events, combat disciplines, and the long tail of traditional pastimes played in villages, courtyards, and schoolyards. For each family, ask what the scoring action is directed at: a raised circle, a marked patch of ground, a small object on a stand, a line judged by an official. Note that many sports have several such things at once, a scoring device beside a decoy or a defender, and only the first belongs on the list. Jot down every candidate in plain language, preferring names tied to one single game over generic words, because the precise and unfamiliar earn the most.

Get a hint

Start with the widest possible field: every sport that has a scoring action, including minority, traditional and indoor games played in a single room or on a patch of grass.

A little more

Then narrow by function rather than by shape: what matters is that players deliberately send the ball, projectile, or their own body toward the thing in order to score.

One step further

Finally check whether the candidate is a physical object, a marked surface, or a reference that officials judge; the rarer regional names tend to be worth the most.

Reveal answers 200
  • Fencing target areaDeep Cut85points
  • Five-holeDeep Cut85points
  • Flag stationDeep Cut85points
  • Foul poleDeep Cut85points
  • Fourth postDeep Cut85points
  • Fricket wicketDeep Cut85points
  • FrogDeep Cut85points
  • Galeria (Valencian trinquet)Deep Cut85points
  • Garden doorDeep Cut85points
  • Gasing target topDeep Cut85points
  • Glove sideDeep Cut85points
  • GrilleDeep Cut85points
  • HeadboxDeep Cut85points
  • HeliceDeep Cut85points
  • Hen birdDeep Cut85points
  • High birdDeep Cut85points
  • Hole postDeep Cut85points
  • HookDeep Cut85points
  • Hot boxDeep Cut85points
  • HouseDeep Cut85points
  • JackDeep Cut85points
  • Jousting ringDeep Cut85points
  • KanDeep Cut85points
  • Kan Jam slotDeep Cut85points
  • Kang targetDeep Cut85points
  • Kicking targetDeep Cut85points
  • Kill zoneDeep Cut85points
  • KillshotDeep Cut85points
  • King birdDeep Cut85points
  • Kolf postDeep Cut85points
  • Kon lineDeep Cut85points
  • Kubb kingDeep Cut85points
  • KubbsDeep Cut85points
  • Kulla birdDeep Cut85points
  • LadderDeep Cut85points
  • Lagori stonesDeep Cut85points
  • LaméDeep Cut85points
  • Lawn darts ringDeep Cut85points
  • LemonDeep Cut85points
  • LienzaDeep Cut85points
  • Little birdDeep Cut85points
  • Live pigeonDeep Cut85points
  • Long-hitting fieldDeep Cut85points
  • LunesDeep Cut85points
  • Mackinson's cornerDeep Cut85points
  • MadhouseDeep Cut85points
  • Mask bibDeep Cut85points
  • MechaDeep Cut85points
  • MidlineDeep Cut85points
  • Mississippi bridgeDeep Cut85points

Why these answers count

The reveal is top-heavy and oddly flat at the same time: 189 recorded answers reached at least sixty points, yet only one of them touched the maximum, and the rest bunch into two tight bands. Dedans at 100 shows how far a single recondite term can travel, since very few players could have produced a word from such a specialised court game. The eighty-five tier is crowded with precise but half-familiar labels: 12 ring, Disc golf basket, Bowling pocket, Crokinole scoring rings. Each names one exact feature of one exact game, so the answer reads as earned knowledge rather than a hopeful guess. At sixty sit eighteen answers, the floor of the paid band, and these look like the obvious, broadly shared targets that thousands of casual players would write down first. The pattern is consistent throughout: obscurity is the currency. A famous target gets credit for being right, while a name that only an enthusiast could supply is treated as proof of depth and paid accordingly.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 6 Nov, 05:00 UTC

Names and scores reflect the linked dated reveal. The original game makes the final decision on live acceptance. Editorial policy