Think you know sports? These 40+ Sports Anagrams – with answers! – will help test your knowledge in a unique way!

Anagrams make for some of the best brain teasers and are the perfect addition to a quiz night (be it a virtual quiz or a trivia night at the local!) – making these sports anagrams perfect for a sport-related quiz round!

Our sports anagrams include the names of sports stars, sporting events, sporting sayings and the sports themselves. For the sports themselves, we haven’t included any hints (as they are quite straightforward, and could easily be included in a children’s quiz) – but for the others, we have includes a little clue by giving you the sport the person, phrase or competition related to the answer.

And if you have no idea what an anagram is – don’t worry! We can help you out!
For each anagram you’ll be given a set of letters – they may make a different word/phrase or they may be random – and you have to rearrange those letters to create a new word. Just remember, you have to use all the letters!

Note: if you’re here as a crossword solver, jumble solver or word finder for sport in scrabble clues – you’re in the right place too!

We hope you enjoy our quiz and find when you unscramble sport word lists you feel super accomplished. To help you out our first clue is think global! The answers to these sports anagrams come from all over the world – with sports and sports stars from the USA, UK, Germany, Australia, Netherlands and more!

 

Sports Anagrams Quiz

1. SNOUT BAIL (Hint: Athletics)

2. ABLEST BALK

3. BANKER TOBY (Hint: Basketball)

4. IS KING

5. WIRELESS ANIMAL (Hint: Tennis)

6. SNUG FIR

7. CITY WEEK STICK (Hint: Cricket)

8. ENTIRE REGION

9. MIND BATON

10. RACQUET BARK (Hint: American Football)

11. GOT WEIRDOS (Hint: Golf)

12. LOVELY BALL

13. BAD MAD NANNY REVOLVER (Hint: Darts) 

14. SENT IN

15. JONES MARBLE (Hint: NBA)

16. LOB ALOFT

17. EVERY HIT HAT (Hint: Baseball)

18. KEY CHOICE

19. CHEAP SPELL HIM (Hint: Swimmer)

20. SANG MYSTIC

21. AVERTED VERGES (Hint: Rowing)

22. I SIGNAL

23. FINER ANDROID (Hint: Football/Soccer)

24. HA MA LAIR (Hint: American Football) 

25. WIN GLOB

26. A HILL EQUALS ONE (Hint: NBA)

27. MAD SLUNK (Hint: NBA) 

28. MARCO GNARL NEST (Hint: Cyclist) 

29. GRACES RHINO

30. ME HAD BAD VICK (Hint: Football/Soccer)

31. LOOP

32. YARD MAY RUN (Hint: Tennis) 

33. WE NOISY BAN (Hint: Horseracing)

34. JIM SNOOPS (Hint: American football) 

35. IM ONE GLOOMY CRETIN (Hint: Golfer) 

36. BEND OX TORSOS (Hint: Baseball)

37. I HATE PRON* (Hint: Swimmer) 

38. FAT ARCH ENEMY (Hint: Athletics) 

39. A BID SURROUNDS TOM (Hint: Football Club) 

40. SLOWER PUB (Hint: American Football) 

41. FOUND TERRACE (Hint: Cycling) 

42. SHE HATES (Hint: Cricket)

 

Sport Anagrams with Answers

1. SNOUT BAIL (Hint: Athletics)
Answer: Usain Bolt

2. ABLEST BALK
Answer: Basketball

3. BANKER TOBY (Hint: Basketball)
Answer: Kobe Bryant

4. IS KING
Answer: Skiing
(an easy word anagram and one of the simple 6 letter words from sport)

5. WIRELESS ANIMAL (Hint: Tennis)
Answer: Serena Williams

6. SNUG FIR
Answer: Surfing

7. CITY WEEK STICK (Hint: Cricket)
Answer: Sticky Wicket
(This is one of my favorite word combinations and a great words with friends cheat)

8. ENTIRE REGION
Answer: Orienteering

9. MIND BATON
Answer: Badminton

10. RACQUET BARK (Hint: American Football)
Answer: Quarter Back

11. GOT WEIRDOS (Hint: Golf)
Answer: Tiger Woods

12. LOVELY BALL
Answer: Volleyball

13. BAD MAD NANNY REVOLVER (Hint: Darts) 
Answer: Raymond Van Barneveld

14. SENT IN
Answer: Tennis

15. JONES MARBLE (Hint: NBA)
Answer: LeBron James

16. LOB ALOFT
Answer: Football

17. EVERY HIT HAT (Hint: Baseball)
Answer: Heavy Hitter

18. KEY CHOICE
Answer: Ice Hockey

19. CHEAP SPELL HIM (Hint: Swimmer)
Answer: Michael Phelps

20. SANG MYSTIC
Answer: Gymnastics

21. AVERTED VERGES (Hint: Rowing)
Answer: Steve Redgrave

22. I SIGNAL
Answer: Sailing

23. FINER ANDROID (Hint: Football/Soccer)
Answer: Rio Ferdinand

24. HA MA LAIR (Hint: American Football) 
Answer: Hail mary

25. WIN GLOB
Answer: Bowling

26. A HILL EQUALS ONE (Hint: NBA)
Answer: Shaquille O’Neal

27. MAD SLUNK (Hint: NBA) 
Answer: Slam Dunk

28. MARCO GNARL NEST (Hint: Cyclist) 
Answer: Lance Armstrong

29. GRACES RHINO
Answer: Horse Racing

30. ME HAD BAD VICK (Hint: Football/Soccer)
Answer: David Beckham

31. LOOP
Answer: Polo

32. YARD MAY RUN (Hint: Tennis) 
Answer: Andy Murray

33. WE NOISY BAN (Hint: Horseracing)
Answer: Win by a Nose

34. JIM SNOOPS (Hint: American football) 
Answer: OJ Simpson

35. IM ONE GLOOMY CRETIN (Hint: Golfer) 
Answer: Colin Montgomerie

36. BEND OX TORSOS (Hint: Baseball)
Answer: Boston Red Sox

37. I HATE PRON* (Hint: Swimmer) 
Answer: Ian Thorpe

38. FAT ARCH ENEMY (Hint: Athletics) 
Answer: Cathy Freeman – she was the first indigenous Australian to win an individual Olympic gold medal

 

39. A BID SURROUNDS TOM (Hint: Football Club) 
Answer: Borussia Dortmund

40. SLOWER PUB (Hint: American Football) 
Answer: Super Bowl

41. FOUND TERRACE (Hint: Cycling) 
Answer: Tour De France

42. SHE HATES (Hint: Cricket)
Answer: The Ashes

 

And that’s a wrap on our ultimate list of sport anagrams! Whether you are playing words with friends and looking for inspiration or using this post as a scrabble dictionary, we hope our list of the best anagram of sport has been helpful, and the answers act as the perfect anagram solver and word unscrambler (or alternatively help you be a sneaky scrabble cheat!)

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