Sports That Start With C
Here are 9 sports that start with C, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.
Nine sports begin with C, and they range from very familiar to quite unusual. Cricket and cycling are known around the world, while curling, where players slide stones across ice toward a target, often surprises younger readers.
A few entries feel like hidden gems. Camel racing, cliff diving and clock golf, a putting game played around a circle, rarely appear on school lists. Court tennis is an old form of tennis played inside four walls. Croquet and canoeing complete a mix of lawn, water and ice.
- Sports starting with C
- 9
- Best known
- cricket, cycling
- Longest name
- court tennis
Best-known sports that start with C
The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.
- cricket
- cycling
- croquet
- canoeing
- curling
All sports that start with C
| # | Name | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | camel racing | the sport of racing camels |
| 2 | canoeing | paddling a canoe for sport or racing |
| 3 | cliff diving | diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff |
| 4 | clock golf | a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the hole |
| 5 | court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
| 6 | cricket | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs |
| 7 | croquet | a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops |
| 8 | curling | sliding stones across ice toward a target |
| 9 | cycling | the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle |
More that start with C
- NamesCarol, Charles
- Girl namesCarol, Cynthia
- Boy namesCharles, Christopher
- Last namesClark, Campbell
- Wordscould, come
- 5-letter wordscould, court
- Adjectivescoming, clear
- Positive wordsclear, cool
- Nounscity, company
- Verbscome, care
- Animalscat, chicken
- Birdschicken, crane
- Fishcod, catfish
- Dog breedscollie, corgi
- Flowerscosmos, columbine
- Plants and treescoffee, cotton
- CountriesCambodia, Cameroon
- CitiesChengdu, Cairo
- US statesCalifornia, Colorado
- Foodschicken, cheese
- Fruitscherry, coconut
- Vegetablescarrot, cabbage
- Desserts and sweetscake, candy
- Drinkscoffee, cola
- Thingscar, cup
- Colorscamel, canary yellow
- Jobscoach, captain
- Dog namesCharlie, Coco
Questions people ask
How many sports start with C?
This list has 9 sports starting with C, from well-known ones like cricket, cycling, croquet to rarer kinds.
What sports start with C?
Well-known examples are cricket, cycling, croquet, canoeing, curling.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.
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