Name a famous person named Michael

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25-second pick · +85

Mike Ditka Deep Cut

9 letters · 2 words · ~3s to type · 126 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Mike Ditka: Deep Cut, +85, 9 letters, about 3 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, or Mike Tyson — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Archangel Michael (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Archangel Michael +100

Skip Michael Jackson · Michael Jordan · Michael Phelps · Mike Tyson

Hints

Hint 1. 126 accepted answers. A strong pick is a two-or-more-word phrase, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Michael Che

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Mike Ditka · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Mike Ditka Deep Cut 85 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Mike Ditka 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mike Epps 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mike Judge 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mike Love 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mike Piazza 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mike Pompeo 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mike Rowe 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Michael Peña 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Michael Che 60 pts
  • Mick Jagger 60 pts
  • Mike Pence 60 pts
  • Mike Trout 60 pts
  • Michael Cera 60 pts
  • Michael Dell 60 pts
  • Michael Faraday 60 pts
  • Michael Flatley 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Michael Jackson 10
  • Michael Jordan 10
  • Michael Phelps 10
  • Mike Tyson 10

Public accepted list

Same buckets the game published. We do not re-grade. The pick above is the plan; this block is the record.

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a famous person named Michael

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 82 ● Rare · 23 ● Schooler · 13 ● Too Clever · 3 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Archangel Michael +100
Deep Cut +85 82 answers — tap to reveal
  • Michael Afton +85
  • Michael Andretti +85
  • Michael Ball +85
  • Michael Ballack +85
  • Michael Bisping +85
  • Michael Bluth +85
  • Michael Buffer +85
  • Michael Burry +85
  • Michael C. Hall +85
  • Michael Carrick +85
  • Michael Chandler +85
  • Michael Chang +85
  • Michael Chiklis +85
  • Michael Cimino +85
  • Michael Clarke +85
  • Michael Cohen +85
  • Michael Collins +85
  • Michael Connelly +85
  • Michael Crawford +85
  • Michael D. Higgins +85
  • Michael De Santa +85
  • Michael Dorn +85
  • Michael Dukakis +85
  • Michael Ealy +85
  • Michael Eisner +85
  • Michael Emerson +85
  • Michael Essien +85
  • Michael Flynn +85
  • Michael Foot +85
  • Michael Gove +85
  • Michael Heseltine +85
  • Michael Holding +85
  • Michael Hutchence +85
  • Michael Imperioli +85
  • Michael Ironside +85
  • Michael Jai White +85
  • Michael Knight +85
  • Michael Laudrup +85
  • Michael Learned +85
  • Michael Lewis +85
  • Michael Madsen +85
  • Michael Mann +85
  • Michael McIntyre +85
  • Michael Morpurgo +85
  • Michael Nesmith +85
  • Michael Oher +85
  • Michael Olise +85
  • Michael Palin +85
  • Michael Parkinson +85
  • Michael Peña +85
  • Michael Penix Jr. +85
  • Michael Pollan +85
  • Michael Porter Jr. +85
  • Michael Portillo +85
  • Michael Rapaport +85
  • Michael Richards +85
  • Michael Rooker +85
  • Michael Rosen +85
  • Michael Scofield +85
  • Michael Shannon +85
  • Michael Spinks +85
  • Michael Stipe +85
  • Michael Thomas +85
  • Michael van Gerwen +85
  • Michael Vaughan +85
  • Michael W. Smith +85
  • Michael Waltrip +85
  • Michael Weatherly +85
  • Michael York +85
  • Mike Ditka +85
  • Mike Ehrmantraut +85
  • Mike Epps +85
  • Mike Huckabee +85
  • Mike Judge +85
  • Mike Krzyzewski +85
  • Mike Love +85
  • Mike Piazza +85
  • Mike Pompeo +85
  • Mike Rowe +85
  • Mike Shinoda +85
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov +85
  • Mikhail Gorbachev +85
Rare +60 23 answers — tap to reveal
  • Michael Cera +60
  • Michael Che +60
  • Michael Clarke Duncan +60
  • Michael Corleone +60
  • Michael Crichton +60
  • Michael Dell +60
  • Michael Faraday +60
  • Michael Fassbender +60
  • Michael Flatley +60
  • Michael Gambon +60
  • Michael Irvin +60
  • Michael Johnson +60
  • Michael Kors +60
  • Michael Landon +60
  • Michael McDonald +60
  • Michael Owen +60
  • Michael Schumacher +60
  • Michael Sheen +60
  • Michael Strahan +60
  • Mick Jagger +60
  • Mike Pence +60
  • Mike Trout +60
  • Mike Wazowski +60
Schooler +30 13 answers — tap to reveal
  • George Michael +30
  • Michael B. Jordan +30
  • Michael Bay +30
  • Michael Bloomberg +30
  • Michael Bolton +30
  • Michael Bublé +30
  • Michael Caine +30
  • Michael Douglas +30
  • Michael J. Fox +30
  • Michael Keaton +30
  • Michael Moore +30
  • Michael Vick +30
  • Mike Myers +30
Too Clever +15 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Michael Myers +15
  • Michael Scott +15
  • Michelangelo +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Michael Jackson +10
  • Michael Jordan +10
  • Michael Phelps +10
  • Mike Tyson +10