Sports That Start With L

3 sports Things, colors and jobs Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 3 sports that start with L, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

Lacrosse, long jump and luge make up the whole L list. That is just three sports, yet they cover three very different settings: a field, a running track and an icy chute.

Lacrosse is a team game played with long sticks that have a small net at the end. Long jump measures how far an athlete can leap from a running start. Luge is the fast winter event where a rider slides feet first down an ice track on a small sled. Luge is also a short, handy word for crosswords.

Sports starting with L: 3
Best known: lacrosse, long jump
Longest name: long jump

All sports that start with L

#	Name	What it is
1	lacrosse	a game invented by American Indians
2	long jump	the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start
3	luge	sliding feet first down an icy track on a sled

Questions people ask

How many sports start with L?

This list has 3 sports starting with L, from well-known ones like lacrosse, long jump, luge to rarer kinds.

What sports start with L?

Well-known examples are lacrosse, long jump, luge.

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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