Daily Dive #96 · Prompt 2 of 7 · October 19, 2026
Krillion answers: “Name a foul or rule violation in soccer, basketball, American football, cricket, rugby or ice hockey”
Krillion accepted 392 answers for this prompt: 2 One in a Krillion, 247 Deep Cut, 103 Rare, 33 Schooler and 7 Plankton. The 100-point gem starts with “F” — it is listed first below, followed by every other answer from rarest to most common.
One in a Krillion: Flying wedge. Harvard's 1892 football play is still outlawed in rugby's laws.
392 accepted answers
One in a Krillion · 100 pts (2)
- Flying wedgeHarvard's 1892 football play is still outlawed in rugby's laws.
- Palpably unfair actNFL referees may award a touchdown to punish one.
Deep Cut · 85 pts (247)
- Abuse of equipment
- Advancing a dead ball
- Aggressor
- Alteration of the playing surface
- Attempt to injure
- Away-from-the-play foul
- Backward pass out of bounds
- Blocking out of bounds
- Boring in
- Bowling consecutive overs
- Breaking the stumps in the delivery stride
- Butt block
- Butt-ending
- Cannonball
- Cavalry charge
- Changing mode of delivery without notice
- Changing places with the goalkeeper
- Chicken wing
- Climbing the fence
- Clock manipulation
- Closing hand on the puck
- Closing the gap
- Coaching box violation
- Coaching during play
- Coin toss infraction
- Concealing the ball
- Covering the mouth
- Crackback block
- Crease violation
- Crocodile roll
- Crusher tackle
- Dangerous clean-out
- Defensive restrictions on kicks
- Deliberate knock into touch
- Deliberate trick
- Detrimental conduct
- Disconcerting signals
- Disconcertion
- Disobeying an umpire's instruction
- Displacing the net
- Disqualifying foul
- Distracting the batter
- Distracting the penalty taker
- Double foul
- Double movement
- Dummy throw
- Early engagement
- Early jump
- Early push
- Early strike
- Early tackle
- Eight-second rule
- Entering the basket from below
- Entering the referee review area
- Entering the referee's crease
- Entering the stands
- Entering the video operation room
- Exceeding the bowling quota
- Excessive appealing
- Excessive bouncers
- Excessive timeout
- Excessive use of the review signal
- Eye guarding
- Face tackle
- Failure to proceed directly to the penalty bench
- Fake fielding
- Falling on the puck
- Fielding restriction breach
- Four-step rule
- Goalkeeper handling after release
- Goaltender playing beyond the center red line
- Goaltender playing the puck in the restricted area
- Goaltender proceeding to the bench
- Goaltender throwing the puck toward the opponent's goal
- Grapple tackle
- Handled the ball
- Handling in the scrum
- Handling the puck
- Head slap
- Helping the runner
- Hit the ball twice
- Holding down
- Hurdling
- Illegal assist in scoring
- Illegal batting
- Illegal bind
- Illegal block above the waist
- Illegal block after a fair catch signal
- Illegal cut block
- Illegal deployment of a designated quarterback
- Illegal double-team block
- Illegal dunk
- Illegal feint
- Illegal fielder movement
- Illegal fielding
- Illegal forward handoff
- Illegal kick
- Illegal kickoff
- Illegal numbering
- Illegal return of a disqualified player
- Illegal signal devices
- Illegal snap
- Illegal spin-o-rama
- Illegal stick
- Illegal substance
- Illegal wedge
- Illegally entering the field
- Improper starting lineup
- Inappropriate physical contact
- Inciting an opponent
- Incorrect play-the-ball
- Interference from the bench
- Interfering with a penalty-shot taker
- Interfering with a spectator
- Interfering with the play-the-ball
- Interlocked interference
- Intimidating an umpire
- Invalid fair catch signal
- Jersey not tied down
- Jump ball violation
- Jumping at an opponent
- Kick catch interference
- Kick-off not going ten
- Kicking out on the full
- Kicking the ball from a player's hands
- Kicking the ball out of the ruck
- Killing the ball
- Knocking the puck away from an official
- Lack of respect for the game
- Late charge on the kicker
- Late start
- Lazy runner
- Leaping
- Leaving the bench
- Leaving the bench at the end of a period
- Leaving the bench to speak to an official
- Leaving the crease
- Leaving the field in protest
- Leaving the field without permission
- Leaving the lineout early
- Leaving the penalty bench early
- Leaving the technical area
- Leg whip
- Leg-side fielding restriction
- Leverage
- Lifting in the lineout
- Locking the ball
- Loitering
- Long-arm transfer
- Lying on
- Making unauthorized marks on the field
- Marker not square
- Marking the ball
- Moving the tackled player
- Neck roll
- No yards
- Noise by persons subject to rules
- Non-player foul
- Not back ten
- Not binding
- Not straight
- Not supporting body weight
- Obstructing the field
- Off feet
- Offensive player out of bounds
- Offside pass
- Onside kick formation violation
- Ordered to the dressing room but returns
- Peel back block
- Piling on
- Piling snow
- Planned loose ball play
- Player going in motion in front of the bench
- Player not returning the ball to an official
- Player out of bounds on a kick
- Playing the nine
- Playing when not on the active list
- Playing with a broken stick
- Playing with too many sticks
- Playing without a helmet
- Practicing on the pitch
- Premature substitution
- Preventing the goalkeeper from releasing the ball
- Public criticism of officials
- Pulling an opponent off a pile
- Pulling down
- Pulling out of a maul
- Punching an unsuspecting opponent
- Punching the ball
- Punt out of bounds in flight
- Push blocking
- Reckless challenge
- Reducer
- Refusing to play the puck
- Refusing to start play
- Refusing to surrender stick for measurement
- Removing the helmet
- Removing the jersey before a fight
- Repeated fouls
- Rough play
- Roughing the holder
- Roughing the snapper
- Ruck infringement
- Running on the pitch
- Scrum-half dummy
- Sealing off
- Second touch
- Secondary altercation
- Shattering the backboard
- Shepherding
- Short run
- Shoulder charge
- Side entry
- Sideline infraction
- Sleeper play
- Slew-footing
- Slow over rate
- Spear tackle
- Standing up
- Stealing a run
- Strip in a two-man tackle
- Swinging elbows
- Tackling a player without the ball
- Taking a player in the air
- Taking more than two steps after a fair catch
- Testicle grabbing
- Third man in
- Threat of assault
- Throw-in foul
- Throwing an object
- Throwing the ball away
- Throwing the ball into the stands
- Throwing the stick
- Too many markers
- Truck and trailer
- Two-line pass
- Underarm bowling
- Unfair play
- Unsustained request for measurement
- Untucked jersey
- Use it or lose it
- Use of the helmet
- Use of tobacco
- Voluntary tackle
- Wearing a mask
- Wearing tape on the hands in an altercation
- Wheeling
Rare · 60 pts (103)
- Abusive language
- Assault
- Back pass
- Ball tampering
- Basket interference
- Beamer
- Biting
- Blindside block
- Blocking below the waist
- Boarding
- Checking from behind
- Chop block
- Chucking
- Clear-path foul
- Clipping
- Clothesline tackle
- Collapsing
- Cross-checking
- Dangerous play
- Dangerous tackle
- Defensive three seconds
- Dissent
- Eight-second violation
- Eye-gouging
- Face-off violation
- Fair catch interference
- Five-second violation
- Forward pass
- Foul play
- Foul throw
- Free-throw violation
- Goalkeeper off the line
- Goaltender interference
- Hacking
- Hair pulling
- Hand pass
- Hand-checking
- Hands in the ruck
- Hands to the face
- Hanging on the rim
- Head-butting
- Helmet-to-helmet
- High tackle
- Hip-drop tackle
- Hitting a defenseless player
- Hooking
- Horse-collar tackle
- Illegal block in the back
- Illegal check to the head
- Illegal contact
- Illegal defense
- Illegal equipment
- Illegal formation
- Illegal forward pass
- Illegal motion
- Illegal procedure
- Illegal screen
- Illegal shift
- Illegal substitution
- Illegal touching
- Illegal use of hands
- Inbound violation
- Ineligible receiver downfield
- Instigator
- Intentional foul
- Kicked ball
- Kicking
- Kickoff out of bounds
- Kneeing
- Knock-on
- Lane violation
- Loose-ball foul
- Misconduct
- Neutral zone infraction
- No ball
- Not releasing
- Not rolling away
- Obscene gesture
- Obstruction
- Over the back
- Physical abuse of officials
- Professional foul
- Puck over the glass
- Racial slurs
- Removing the shirt
- Retaliation
- Roughing
- Roughing the kicker
- Running into the kicker
- Spearing
- Spitting
- Stamping
- Striking
- Studs-up challenge
- Tackle from behind
- Take foul
- Targeting
- Taunting
- Time wasting
- Two-footed tackle
- Unsportsmanlike foul
- Violent conduct
- Wide
Schooler · 30 pts (33)
- Backcourt violation
- Blocking foul
- Carrying
- Charging
- Delay of game
- Diving
- Elbowing
- Encroachment
- Excessive celebration
- Facemask
- Fighting
- Flagrant foul
- Goaltending
- High-sticking
- Icing
- Intentional grounding
- Interference
- Late tackle
- Offensive foul
- Out of bounds
- Personal foul
- Pushing
- Reaching in
- Roughing the passer
- Shooting foul
- Shot clock violation
- Slashing
- Technical foul
- Three-second violation
- Too many players
- Tripping
- Unnecessary roughness
- Unsportsmanlike conduct
Plankton · 10 pts (7)
- Double dribble
- False start
- Handball
- Holding
- Offside
- Pass interference
- Traveling
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