Poeltl helper

Filter historical player-reference facts while separating roster uncertainty.

Your puzzle

Known facts

One per line: nationality = United States; team = Los Angeles Lakers; birth_year >= 1980. Use = for a recorded match, != for a known exclusion, >= or <= for years. Missing claims remain unresolved.

Title or name pattern

* means any text; ? means one character. Leave blank for every title/name.

Optional reference table

Optional checked facts: name | height | team | source. Use centimetres for every height, e.g. 198; put one player per line. No current roster or measurement is inferred from the bundled historical reference.

The example illustrates the helper; it is not a publisher's daily puzzle.

A little help

Enter your puzzle or try the original example. You choose when to open candidates, explanations and complete results.

How the Poeltl helper works

The official game allows eight guesses.
Use factual name, nationality, position, birth-year and recorded team clues. Team membership is historical, not a current-roster assertion.

Filter historical player-reference facts while separating roster uncertainty. Results show their reference coverage and evidence links.

Results use the puzzle you enter; they are not verified daily answers. Your entries stay out of public URLs.

Separate stable clues from roster clues

A supported birth-year or historical team statement can help investigate a player. Current team, division, conference and jersey number are time-sensitive and are not inferred from old memberships. The basketball-only reference prevents a shared nationality clue from pulling in unrelated football players.

Do not turn a birth year into an exact age

Without a precise birthday and an explicit comparison date, a birth year cannot establish whether someone has already had this year’s birthday. Enter a checked table when exact age or consistent height units matter. Unknown measurements remain unresolved instead of being guessed.

Supported puzzle types

Entered clues

Scope of this helper

Selected basketball or association-football players from a bounded 1,115-athlete reference.
No current roster, shirt number, conference/division or verified qualifying appearance is inferred; supply a dated checked table when those clues matter.
Birth year is not exact age; current date does not repair imprecise birth evidence.
The bundled reference has no verified height measurements. To use height, enter a checked reference table and express every height and height clue in centimetres.

Play the original at Poeltl. This is an unofficial helper with no publisher affiliation.

Rules and reference sources

Poeltl official site / rules — checked 2026-10-04
Wikidata structured facts, CC0 — checked 2026-10-04

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