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Badminton
A high-speed racquet sport played with a feathered shuttlecock that must clear a high net without touching the ground.
Looking for 9-letter sports? Here are 14 sports that fit — each linked to a full profile.
Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
List of 9-letter Sports
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Billiards
A pocketless cue sport played with three balls on a heated table, in which players score cannons by contacting both opponent balls.
3
Bobsleigh
A winter Olympic sport in which teams pilot a streamlined sled down a refrigerated ice track at high speed.
4
Decathlon
A two-day men's multi-event athletics competition combining ten track and field disciplines scored on a points table.
5
Dodgeball
A team sport in which players throw soft balls at opposing players to eliminate them while dodging incoming throws.
6
Ice Hockey
A fast-paced team sport played on ice in which skaters shoot a puck into the opposing net with curved sticks.
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Jet Skiing
A motorised water sport in which riders race or perform freestyle on a personal watercraft over a buoyed course.
8
Motocross
A motorcycle racing discipline contested on closed off-road circuits with jumps, ruts, and natural obstacles.
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Pole Vault
A vertical Olympic field event in which athletes use a flexible fibre pole to vault over a crossbar set at extreme heights.
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Sprinting
The shortest, fastest track events in athletics, contested over distances up to 400 metres from a starting block.
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Taekwondo
A Korean martial art and Olympic combat sport famous for fast, high kicks and spinning techniques.
12
Triathlon
An endurance multi-sport race combining swimming, cycling, and running performed consecutively without breaks.
13
Water Polo
A demanding team sport played in deep water where players swim, pass, and shoot a ball into the opposing goal.
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Yoga Sport
A judged competitive form of yoga in which athletes hold a sequence of postures and transitions evaluated on technique and grace.
About 9-letter sports
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