The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OLYMPIADS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1961.
Celebrations of famous athletic contests crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OLYMPIADS | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Celebrations of famous athletic contests
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- meet
- meets
- miniseries
- arena
- series
- triathlon
- gala
- pentathlon
- sport
- olympic
- game
- ache
Crossword Answer definitions
OLYMPIADS noun- A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 BC; as, the era of the olympiads.
- An occurrence of the Olympic games.
- A competition or series of competitions resembling an Olympiad, especially in science.
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