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
  • MoguDeep Cut85points
  • Novuss pucksDeep Cut85points
  • Numbered hole (hockey)Deep Cut85points
  • Outer bullDeep Cut85points
  • Pao taiDeep Cut85points
  • Parish boundaryDeep Cut85points
  • PopinjayDeep Cut85points
  • Popping creaseDeep Cut85points
  • PotDeep Cut85points
  • PouDeep Cut85points
  • PubDeep Cut85points
  • PylonDeep Cut85points
  • QabaqDeep Cut85points
  • Quadball flagDeep Cut85points
  • Quadruple ringDeep Cut85points
  • QueenDeep Cut85points
  • QuintainDeep Cut85points
  • Quoits boardDeep Cut85points
  • Red ballDeep Cut85points
  • Red ringDeep Cut85points
  • RiesDeep Cut85points
  • Rolling hoopDeep Cut85points
  • Sabre maskDeep Cut85points
  • Sartiglia starDeep Cut85points
  • Scoop netDeep Cut85points
  • Scoring area (boxing)Deep Cut85points
  • Scoring circle (buzkashi)Deep Cut85points
  • Scoring triangleDeep Cut85points
  • Second postDeep Cut85points
  • Shagai targetDeep Cut85points
  • Shove ha'penny bedDeep Cut85points
  • Side birdDeep Cut85points
  • Single bedDeep Cut85points
  • Six-hole or seven-holeDeep Cut85points
  • Sjoelen gatesDeep Cut85points
  • SNAG flagstickDeep Cut85points
  • Spot (archery)Deep Cut85points
  • StakeDeep Cut85points
  • Stickball poleDeep Cut85points
  • SursDeep Cut85points
  • Table shuffleboard scoring zoneDeep Cut85points
  • Tamaire basketDeep Cut85points
  • Target boule (precision shooting)Deep Cut85points
  • Target crossDeep Cut85points
  • Target marblesDeep Cut85points
  • Tatami omoteDeep Cut85points
  • Tchoukball frameDeep Cut85points
  • Tejo boardDeep Cut85points
  • The seaDeep Cut85points
  • Third base (pesäpallo)Deep 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