Name a type of shot in a sport (like a free throw)

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Airmail Deep Cut

7 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 604 accepted answers on the sheet

Avoid the franchise or event that fills sports-bar talk. We would type Airmail: Deep Cut, +85, 7 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Drop shot, Free throw, Layup, or Penalty kick — those are Plankton.

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Hint 1. 604 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 7 letters.

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Hint 3 — a rare answer

Airmail · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Airmail 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

  • Airmail 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Anhyzer 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Arrimada 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Backheel 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bajada 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bandeja 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bert 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Blast 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Block 60 pts
  • Conversion 60 pts
  • Cross 60 pts
  • Curler 60 pts
  • Dink 60 pts
  • Draw 60 pts
  • Duff 60 pts
  • Erne 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Drop shot 10
  • Free throw 10
  • Layup 10
  • Penalty kick 10
  • Putt 10
  • Serve 10
  • Slam dunk 10
  • Three-pointer 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 type of shot in a sport (like a free throw)

● Deep Cut · 473 ● Rare · 101 ● Schooler · 22 ● Plankton · 8
Deep Cut +85 473 answers — tap to reveal
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  • Aerial shot +85
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  • Back-wall boast +85
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  • Behind-the-back dunk +85
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  • Bellied wedge +85
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  • Bert +85
  • Big serve +85
  • Blast +85
  • Blind shot +85
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  • Body serve +85
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  • Bucharest backfire +85
  • Buggy whip forehand +85
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  • Ceiling ball +85
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  • Chainsaw serve +85
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  • Checkside punt +85
  • Chic-chac +85
  • Chicken wing +85
  • Chip and charge +85
  • Chiquita +85
  • Chop +85
  • Chop block +85
  • Chop serve +85
  • Chula +85
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  • Clear +85
  • Clearance shot +85
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  • Cobra +85
  • Combination +85
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  • Continuation stroke +85
  • Contrapared +85
  • Corkscrew punch +85
  • Corkscrew serve +85
  • Counter-hit +85
  • Counterpunch +85
  • Cover drive +85
  • Cradle dunk +85
  • Crane kick +85
  • Crank shot +85
  • Creative shot +85
  • Crescent kick +85
  • Croquet stroke +85
  • Cross-court +85
  • Cuchilla +85
  • Cut serve +85
  • Cut shot +85
  • Dab +85
  • Daisy cutter +85
  • Danish wipe +85
  • Dead bat +85
  • Deflection +85
  • Demi-piqué +85
  • Dipper +85
  • Dive shot +85
  • Donkey kick +85
  • Dormilona +85
  • Dos paredes +85
  • Double clutch +85
  • Double cross +85
  • Double takeout +85
  • Double tap +85
  • Down ball +85
  • Drag flick +85
  • Drag shot +85
  • Dribble kick +85
  • Drift shot +85
  • Drive serve +85
  • Drive-through shot +85
  • Drop cannon +85
  • Drop punt +85
  • Dump shot +85
  • Edge +85
  • Elbow hang dunk +85
  • Elbow strike +85
  • Empty-net shot +85
  • Escape +85
  • Fair catch kick +85
  • Fast serve +85
  • Feather shot +85
  • Fish +85
  • Fist shot +85
  • Flamingo shot +85
  • Flapjack +85
  • Flat release +85
  • Flat shot +85
  • Flick serve +85
  • Flight shot +85
  • Flying kick +85
  • Foot shot +85
  • Force +85
  • Forward defensive +85
  • Fouetté shot +85
  • Four-point shot +85
  • Frame shot +85
  • Free hit +85
  • Free position shot +85
  • Free puck +85
  • Free stroke +85
  • Freeze +85
  • French cut +85
  • Front kick +85
  • Front pin shot +85
  • Gancho +85
  • Gazelle punch +85
  • Ghost serve +85
  • Giraffe serve +85
  • Glide +85
  • Greenie +85
  • Grenade +85
  • Guard +85
  • Hairpin net shot +85
  • Half roll +85
  • Half-ball shot +85
  • Hammer +85
  • Hammer fist +85
  • Hammer shot +85
  • Hampered shot +85
  • Heel kick +85
  • Helicopter ball +85
  • Helicopter shot +85
  • Herd shot +85
  • High serve +85
  • High side wall serve +85
  • High toss serve +85
  • Hip clip +85
  • Hip shot +85
  • Hit and roll +85
  • Hoick +85
  • Hold shot +85
  • Hook serve +85
  • Hoop shot +85
  • Hop shot +85
  • Horse kick serve +85
  • Hybrid serve +85
  • Hyzer +85
  • In-off +85
  • In-or-over shot +85
  • Inside-in forehand +85
  • Inside-out forehand +85
  • Iron shot +85
  • Jackknife backhand +85
  • Jam shot +85
  • Jaws shot +85
  • Jet shot +85
  • Joey +85
  • Jump putt +85
  • Junk ball +85
  • Junk lob +85
  • Karate chop +85
  • Kempa +85
  • Kidney punch +85
  • Kiss shot +85
  • Kiss-back +85
  • Knee strike +85
  • Knock-off shot +85
  • Knockdown +85
  • Knuckle puck +85
  • L-kick +85
  • Laces +85
  • Lag +85
  • Lappa +85
  • Late cut +85
  • Leg glance +85
  • Leopard blow +85
  • Lift +85
  • Liver shot +85
  • Lob serve +85
  • Lob volley +85
  • Lofted drive +85
  • Long corner shot +85
  • Long pot +85
  • Loop +85
  • Lotus kick +85
  • Low kick +85
  • Lunge punch +85
  • Machine-gun shot +85
  • Massé +85
  • Medium-long serve +85
  • Mongrel punt +85
  • Muffin +85
  • Nasty Nelson +85
  • Natmeg +85
  • Nearside backhand +85
  • Nearside forehand +85
  • Neck shot +85
  • Net shot +85
  • Nick +85
  • No-spin serve +85
  • Nothing shot +85
  • Nurdle +85
  • Nurse shot +85
  • Off drive +85
  • Off-speed shot +85
  • Offside backhand +85
  • Offside forehand +85
  • Olimpico +85
  • On drive +85
  • One-hander +85
  • One-inch punch +85
  • One-pointer +85
  • Outside-of-the-boot shot +85
  • Overhand punch +85
  • Overhand shot +85
  • Overhand wrist flip +85
  • Overhead strike +85
  • Paddle sweep +85
  • Palm strike +85
  • Paradinha +85
  • Parthian shot +85
  • Pat-a-cake serve +85
  • Peel +85
  • Penalty corner +85
  • Penalty goal +85
  • Penalty hit +85
  • Penalty puck +85
  • Penalty stroke +85
  • Penalty throw +85
  • Pendulum serve +85
  • Philadelphia +85
  • Pick-up shot +85
  • Pinch +85
  • Pinch serve +85
  • Piqué +85
  • Pitch and run +85
  • Pivot shot +85
  • Place kick +85
  • Point shot +85
  • Pointing +85
  • Pokey +85
  • Pop shot +85
  • Por cuatro +85
  • Por tres +85
  • Port shot +85
  • Pot +85
  • Pousette +85
  • Power shot +85
  • Provisional ball +85
  • Pull +85
  • Punch serve +85
  • Putaway +85
  • Question mark kick +85
  • Quick attack +85
  • Quick stick +85
  • Rabbit punch +85
  • Raffa +85
  • Rail shot +85
  • Railroad +85
  • Rainbow shot +85
  • Raise +85
  • Raking shot +85
  • Rebote +85
  • Rebound shot +85
  • Recovery shot +85
  • Remate +85
  • Reset +85
  • Return ace +85
  • Reverse boast +85
  • Reverse corner +85
  • Reverse hit +85
  • Reverse kick serve +85
  • Reverse pendulum serve +85
  • Reverse penhold backhand +85
  • Reverse scoop +85
  • Reverse slice drop +85
  • Reverse slice serve +85
  • Reverse sweep +85
  • Ridge hand +85
  • Rising shot +85
  • Roll shot +85
  • Roll spike +85
  • Roll-up +85
  • Roller +85
  • Roquet +85
  • Round-the-corner kick +85
  • Round-the-head shot +85
  • Roundhouse serve +85
  • Rulo +85
  • Runback +85
  • Running hook +85
  • Running shot +85
  • Running-in shot +85
  • Rush +85
  • SABR +85
  • Salida +85
  • Scoober +85
  • Screamer +85
  • Semi-massé +85
  • Shadowless kick +85
  • Shin kick +85
  • Shooting (pétanque) +85
  • Shootout attempt +85
  • Short angle +85
  • Short corner shot +85
  • Short-distance shot +85
  • Shoulder strike +85
  • Shovel hook +85
  • Shovel serve +85
  • Shovel shot +85
  • Side wall serve +85
  • Sidearm shot +85
  • Sideline cut +85
  • Sidespin +85
  • Sidespin serve +85
  • Skid boast +85
  • Skier +85
  • Skip shot +85
  • Skyball +85
  • Slash +85
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  • Slide shot +85
  • Slog +85
  • Slog sweep +85
  • Smother kill +85
  • Snake shot +85
  • Snipe +85
  • Soccer kick +85
  • Solar plexus punch +85
  • Spare shot +85
  • Speed-up +85
  • Spin putt +85
  • Spin shot +85
  • Spin-o-rama +85
  • Spinning back fist +85
  • Spinning hook kick +85
  • Splat +85
  • Split +85
  • Split shot +85
  • Spot shot +85
  • Spring shot +85
  • Square cut +85
  • Square drive +85
  • Squash shot +85
  • Squeeze shot +85
  • Standing shot +85
  • Statue of Liberty dunk +85
  • Steer +85
  • Step-in shot +85
  • Step-up kick +85
  • Stomp kick +85
  • Stop hit +85
  • Stop shot +85
  • Straddle putt +85
  • Straight ball +85
  • Straight blast +85
  • Straight drive +85
  • Straight-in shot +85
  • Straight-on kick +85
  • Strawberry flick +85
  • Strike ball +85
  • Strike from the hand +85
  • Stroke shot +85
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  • Sucker shot +85
  • Sunback spike +85
  • Super Shot +85
  • Superman punch +85
  • Sweep +85
  • Sweep hit +85
  • Swing kick +85
  • Switch hit +85
  • System shot +85
  • T serve +85
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  • Tail shot +85
  • Take-off +85
  • Takeout +85
  • Tap back +85
  • Teep +85
  • Texas Tommy punch +85
  • Texas wedge +85
  • Third ball attack +85
  • Third shot drive +85
  • Three-quarter shot +85
  • Three-wall boast +85
  • Thumb shot +85
  • Thumber +85
  • Tick +85
  • Tickie +85
  • Time shot +85
  • Time-and-room shot +85
  • Toe drag shot +85
  • Tool +85
  • Top +85
  • Topspin serve +85
  • Tornado kick +85
  • Torpedo punt +85
  • Toss serve +85
  • Trail +85
  • Trickle boast +85
  • Triple takeout +85
  • Trivela +85
  • Tumbling net shot +85
  • Turbo putt +85
  • Twist kick +85
  • Twister +85
  • Two-ball pass +85
  • Two-handed forehand +85
  • Two-wall boast +85
  • Two-way shot +85
  • Umbrella shot +85
  • Under shot +85
  • Underarm twist +85
  • Underhand shot +85
  • Vertical punch +85
  • Víbora +85
  • Volley boast +85
  • Volley serve +85
  • Volo +85
  • Waft +85
  • Wick +85
  • Wide serve +85
  • Windshield wiper serve +85
  • Windshield-wiper forehand +85
  • Wing shot +85
  • Working boast +85
  • Wrap shot +85
  • Wraparound +85
  • Yard on +85
  • Z-serve +85
  • Z-shot +85
Rare +60 101 answers — tap to reveal
  • 360 dunk +60
  • Approach shot +60
  • Baby hook +60
  • Between-the-legs dunk +60
  • Block +60
  • Body shot +60
  • Break shot +60
  • Bunker shot +60
  • Buzzer beater +60
  • Catch and shoot +60
  • Conversion +60
  • Corner three +60
  • Cross +60
  • Curler +60
  • Dink +60
  • Down the line +60
  • Draw +60
  • Drive volley +60
  • Drop goal +60
  • Drop serve +60
  • Drop volley +60
  • Duff +60
  • Erne +60
  • Extra point +60
  • Fade +60
  • Finger roll +60
  • Flat serve +60
  • Flick +60
  • Float serve +60
  • Floater +60
  • Flop shot +60
  • Follow shot +60
  • Free throw line dunk +60
  • Full-court shot +60
  • Granny shot +60
  • Groundstroke +60
  • Half-court shot +60
  • Half-volley +60
  • Haymaker +60
  • Head shot +60
  • Heave +60
  • Jab +60
  • Jelly layup +60
  • Jump hook +60
  • Jump serve +60
  • Kick serve +60
  • Kick shot +60
  • Kill shot +60
  • Knuckleball +60
  • Lag putt +60
  • Logo three +60
  • Long-range shot +60
  • Michigan +60
  • Mid-range jumper +60
  • Moonball +60
  • One-timer +60
  • Overhand serve +60
  • Passing shot +60
  • Pitch +60
  • Pull-up jumper +60
  • Punch shot +60
  • Push shot +60
  • Putback +60
  • Return of serve +60
  • Reverse dunk +60
  • Reverse layup +60
  • Roundhouse kick +60
  • Safety +60
  • Scissor kick +60
  • Scoop shot +60
  • Scorpion kick +60
  • Serve and volley +60
  • Set shot +60
  • Setter dump +60
  • Shank +60
  • Short serve +60
  • Side kick +60
  • Side-foot +60
  • Single-handed backhand +60
  • Skyhook +60
  • Slice serve +60
  • Snap shot +60
  • Spin serve +60
  • Step-back +60
  • Stinger +60
  • Tap-in +60
  • Thin shot +60
  • Third shot drop +60
  • Tip +60
  • Tip-in +60
  • Toe poke +60
  • Tomahawk +60
  • Topspin +60
  • Trick shot +60
  • Turnaround jumper +60
  • Tweener +60
  • Two-handed backhand +60
  • Underhand serve +60
  • Uppercut +60
  • Windmill dunk +60
  • Wrist shot +60
Schooler +30 22 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ace +30
  • Alley-oop +30
  • Backhand +30
  • Bank shot +30
  • Bicycle kick +30
  • Chip +30
  • Drive +30
  • Fadeaway +30
  • Field goal +30
  • Forehand +30
  • Free kick +30
  • Header +30
  • Hook shot +30
  • Jump shot +30
  • Lob +30
  • Penalty shot +30
  • Slap shot +30
  • Slice +30
  • Smash +30
  • Spike +30
  • Two-pointer +30
  • Volley +30
Plankton +10 8 answers — tap to reveal
  • Drop shot +10
  • Free throw +10
  • Layup +10
  • Penalty kick +10
  • Putt +10
  • Serve +10
  • Slam dunk +10
  • Three-pointer +10