SPORTS

1-syllable Sports

Every sport on this page is pronounced in exactly 1 syllable — full profile for each.

Looking for 1-syllable sports? Here are 5 sports that fit — each linked to a full profile.

Syllables are counted across the whole name (multi-word names sum). "Apple" is 2 syllables; "Macaroni and Cheese" is 6.

Table of contents 5 entries
DartsGolfLugeSquash
Xare

List of 1-syllable Sports

    1

    Darts

    A pub-born precision sport in which players throw small barbed projectiles at a segmented circular board from a fixed distance.

    2

    Golf

    A precision club-and-ball sport in which players hit a small ball into a series of holes in as few strokes as possible.

    3

    Luge

    A winter Olympic sport in which sliders race feet-first on their backs down a refrigerated ice track on a small sled.

    4

    Squash

    A racquet sport played in an enclosed four-walled court where players alternate hitting a small rubber ball against a front wall.

    5

    Xare

    A Basque variant of pelota played with a leather glove that catches and hurls the ball against a court wall.

About 1-syllable sports

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