Sports Word Scramble #1 — Answers

Answers for Sports Word Scramble Set 1, each with a fact about the sport, including why a tennis score of zero is called love.

#1easy

Played over eighteen holes with a small dimpled ball.

JumbleFGOL

AnswerGOLF

The dimples on a golf ball roughly double how far it can travel.

#2easy

Fifteen a side, an oval ball, and no forward passing.

JumbleBURYG

AnswerRUGBY

The game takes its name from Rugby School in Warwickshire.

#3easy

Love means nothing in this racket sport.

JumbleNSNTIE

AnswerTENNIS

A score of zero is called love, probably from the French oeuf, meaning egg.

#4medium

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.

#5medium

Nine innings, four bases, and a diamond.

JumbleELBABSAL

AnswerBASEBALL

A regulation ball is wrapped in about one mile of yarn beneath its leather cover.

#6hard

Invented in 1891 using two peach baskets.

JumbleABELSBLTKA

AnswerBASKETBALL

James Naismith created it to keep students active indoors during a New England winter.