Sports That Start With F
Here are 7 sports that start with F, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.
Football leads the F list, and the word covers several ball games played with a round or oval ball. Seven sports appear here, from field hockey and fencing to figure skating, which blends athletic skill and grace on the ice.
Two entries are about angling: plain fishing and fly-fishing, where the angler uses an artificial fly as a lure. The rarest is fives, a handball-style game played against a front wall and side walls. Fencing, with blunted swords, is a fun one to explain to curious kids.
- Sports starting with F
- 7
- Best known
- football, fishing
- Longest name
- figure skating
All sports that start with F
| # | Name | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | fencing | sport of fighting with blunted swords for points |
| 2 | field hockey | a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field |
| 3 | figure skating | ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures |
| 4 | fishing | the act of someone who fishes as a diversion |
| 5 | fives | a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls |
| 6 | fly-fishing | angling with an artificial fly as a lure |
| 7 | football | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into... |
More that start with F
- NamesFrances, Frank
- Girl namesFrances, Florence
- Boy namesFrank, Fred
- Last namesFlores, Foster
- Wordsfrom, first
- 5-letter wordsfirst, found
- Adjectivesfirst, free
- Positive wordsfree, fine
- Nounsfamily, face
- Verbsfind, found
- Animalsfish, fly
- Birdsfalcon, finch
- Flowersfreesia, forget-me-not
- Plants and treesfir, fern
- CountriesFiji, Finland
- CitiesFoshan, Faisalabad
- US statesFlorida
- Foodsfish, fig
- Fruitsfig, feijoa
- Vegetablesfava bean, fennel
- Desserts and sweetsfudge, flan
- Thingsfootball, fan
- Colorsfawn, fern green
- Jobsfarmer, film director
- Dog namesFrankie, Finn
Questions people ask
How many sports start with F?
This list has 7 sports starting with F, from well-known ones like football, fishing, field hockey to rarer kinds.
What sports start with F?
Well-known examples are football, fishing, field hockey, figure skating, fencing.
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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