Chainle with teammates: NBA, NFL and football connections

Knowing a famous player is one kind of sports knowledge. Remembering who shared a team with that player is another. WordleCup’s three new Chainle games ask you to connect two athletes by building a chain of real teammates.

The link has to survive a date check

A shared team name is not enough. Two players can wear the same shirt years apart and never meet in a dressing room. On these boards, each accepted connection has a dated match record showing both players appearing for the same side. The record sits below the iron link, so you can check the connection as you play.

This changes the useful question from “Which club did he play for?” to “Who was there with him?” A trade or transfer can make one familiar player a bridge between two otherwise distant squads.

Choose your sport

NBA Chainle follows basketball teammates across selected NBA games. Start with a player’s less obvious team as well as the franchise they are best known for.

NFL Chainle uses recorded NFL appearances. Receivers, running backs and quarterbacks who changed teams can connect rosters from different seasons.

Football Chainle is the soccer edition. Its links come from senior club matches; national teams and youth teams do not count on this board.

Try a route, then shorten it

Search for a teammate of the current player and select a name. If the new player also connects to the target, the final link closes automatically. You can undo a detour, ask for a hint, or move into practice mode for another pair. The daily pair is shared and changes at midnight UTC. Progress is saved in the current browser; no account is needed to play.

These are curated starter networks, not complete career databases. A missing link means the current records do not prove the connection, rather than proving the players were never teammates. Likewise, the shortest route is the shortest in that board’s dataset.

Project note: this article introduces WordleCup games. WordleCup is independent; league and team names describe the recorded players and do not imply endorsement.

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