The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MILES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Marathon units crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MILES | 100 % | 5 |
Why may MILES be the right solution?
The answer "MILES" is the right solution because marathon distances are typically measured in miles, with a marathon being 26.2 miles long.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Marathon units
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- miles
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- long
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- bbl
- boston
- leg
- man
- race
- runs
Crossword Answer definitions
MILES noun- The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
- Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
- The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
- Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
- (travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.
- Any similarly large distance.
- A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
- One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
- Much; a lot (used to emphasise a comparative)
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