Sporty Stuff
The Joy of 6(-Letter Words)
Multiple Meanings
4-Letter Synonyms
9-Letter Words
100
This alliterative apparatus used in Olympic women's gymnastics is 16.4 feet long & is raised 4.1 feet from the floor.
Balance beam
100
That wonderful feeling? Why, you must be in this, particularly the "7th" one.
Heaven
100
Oh, deer, it also means to behave in a sycophantic way over someone.
Fawn
100
Kismet.
Fate
100
To make a surprising announcement is to "drop" this projectile.
Bombshell
200
This San Diego Padre amassed crazy hitting stats like a career .302 with 2 strikes & .415 facing Hall of Famer Greg Maddux.
Tony Gwynn
200
"Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name" & they toast you with this word.
Cheers
200
It's capital,
it's most important,
it's a school administrator.
Principal
200
Prima donna, in opera or otherwise.
Diva
200
Latin for sword gives us this word for a certain fighter in ancient Rome.
Gladiator
300
In swimming, the butterfly stroke is performed with this mammal-named kick.
Dolphin kick
300
You can do this the moment you add the same-named topping to your hot dog.
Relish
300
One can hang as a wall decoration or worse, some can hang out on the wall of a blood vessel.
Plaque
300
Killer whale.
Orca
300
It's the motion of the golf club & body away from the ball before it's hit.
Backswing
400
This UConn star had an intense spring in 2025 playing on her first national championship team & being picked first in the WNBA draft.
Paige Bueckers
400
I'm in this state, what you get if you take the first letter off a word meaning "tardy".
Elated
400
A supplementary structure separate from a main one, or to incorporate territory into a sovereign nation.
Annex
400
Epic or lyrical poet.
Bard
400
It's a 1-word aka for white blood cell.
Leukocyte
500
There are triple & even quadruple versions of this figure skating jump that bears the first name of its Norwegian inventor.
Axel
500
In music, it's a conductor's gesture before beginning the first measure; as an attitude, it's cheerful & optimistic.
Upbeat
500
To vex or worry, perhaps about your fingers moving about that part of a musical instrument.
Fret
500
Margarine.
Oleo
500
An aid to instruction, it's a summary of Christian beliefs & principles in question & answer form.
Catechism