Answers for Sports Word Scramble Set 1, each with a fact about the sport, including why a tennis score of zero is called love.
Played over eighteen holes with a small dimpled ball.
JumbleFGOL
AnswerGOLF
The dimples on a golf ball roughly double how far it can travel.
Fifteen a side, an oval ball, and no forward passing.
JumbleBURYG
AnswerRUGBY
The game takes its name from Rugby School in Warwickshire.
Love means nothing in this racket sport.
JumbleNSNTIE
AnswerTENNIS
A score of zero is called love, probably from the French oeuf, meaning egg.
Bat, ball, stumps, and a match that can last five days.
JumbleIRCCTKE
AnswerCRICKET
A Test match is the longest form of any professional team sport still played.
Nine innings, four bases, and a diamond.
JumbleELBABSAL
AnswerBASEBALL
A regulation ball is wrapped in about one mile of yarn beneath its leather cover.
Invented in 1891 using two peach baskets.
JumbleABELSBLTKA
AnswerBASKETBALL
James Naismith created it to keep students active indoors during a New England winter.