If you are writing a poem, especially a list poem, that includes games or sports, you may find it useful to have a list of names of sports and games that rhyme. Here are a few that I have collected. These include sports, board games, card games, party games, and video games.
- baton twirling / curling / hurling
- bench press / chess
- biking / hiking
- blackjack / hacky sack / track / You Don’t Know Jack
- Blockade / Old Maid
- Candyland / marching band
- canoeing / crewing / snowshoeing
- capture the flag / tag
- cheering / mountaineering / orienteering
- Civilization / Operation / recreation
- Clue / Taboo
- dancing / lancing
- decathlon / marathon / pentathlon / Pokémon / Settlers of Catan / triathlon
- diving / driving
- Donkey Kong / mahjong
- gliding / riding / sliding
- Go / hammer throw / javelin throw / kenpo / Pokémon Go / taekwondo
- hockey / jockey
- judo / Ludo
- kickball / stickball
- kick the can / Pac-Man
- lacrosse / motocross / ring toss
- polo / flying solo
- rafting / crafting
- race / steeplechase
- rings / swings
- rowing / throwing
- skis / trapeze
- sledding / shredding
- t-ball / skeeball
- truth or dare / WarioWare / We Dare
