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Sports puzzles and trivia.

From Secretariat to the Boston Marathon.

Sports is the loudest room in Flip & Spell, and also the most patient. It runs from a racehorse named Secretariat to the exact geometry of The Pocket, from The Ashes in high summer to the long quiet miles of the Boston Marathon.

Some of it you'll know cold. Some of it will send you reading afterward, which is half the fun.

Every theme here is hand-picked by a person who cares about the difference between a hat trick in cricket and a hat trick in hockey. You flip tiles, hold a few letters in your head, find their pairs, and spell the theme in as few flips as you can manage.

The range is wide on purpose. Mikaela Shiffrin carving a slalom sits a few puzzles away from Equestrian, and a few more from a boxer chasing 50-0.

It plays offline, keeps nothing about you, and costs $2.99 once if you'd rather skip the ads. No subscription, no clock pushing you along.

Start with a name you love. The rest pulls you in from there.

Themes worth recognizing.

A sample of the 299 Sportsthemes in the game. Tap one to read the fact behind it.

The kind of words you’ll spell.

A taste of the Sports vocabulary behind the puzzles.

  • ARENA
  • HOOPS
  • MEDAL
  • RACES
  • RELAY
  • SCORE
  • SHOOT
  • BOXING
  • CLEATS
  • COURSE
  • COURTS
  • FIELDS
  • GLOVES
  • GOALIE
  • HELMET
  • HOCKEY
  • JERSEY
  • RACKET
  • RECORD
  • REPLAY
  • ROOKIE
  • SOCCER
  • SPRINT
  • TACKLE
  • TENNIS
  • TROPHY
  • ATHLETE
  • BATTING

Three facts to start.

50-0

Floyd Mayweather retired in August 2017 with a TKO win over UFC star Conor McGregor. His 50th fight, his 50th win, one past Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 career mark.

50/50 Season

In 2024, Shohei Ohtani went 6-for-6 with three home runs and two stolen bases the night he clinched 50/50. He finished with 54 homers and 59 steals, the first 50/50 season in MLB history.

81 Points

January 22, 2006. Down 14 at halftime, Kobe Bryant scored 55 second-half points and finished with 81. Only Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in 1962 ranks higher.

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