Definitions for decathlons

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decathlons de·cath·lon

Spelling: [dih-kath-lon]

IPA: /dɪˈkæθ lɒn/

Decathlons is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1238 anagrams from letters in decathlons (acdehlnost).

Definitions for decathlons

noun

1. an athletic contest comprising ten different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.

Origin of decathlons

1910-15; dec- + Greek âthlon prize, contest

Examples for decathlons

Dylan Bright died too young to compete in the decathlon of Flourishing.

There were five events in the Pentathlon and ten in the decathlon.

"I did ask Ashton Eaton to come out," the driver of USA-1 said of the 2012 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, who declined.

One example among several: his time in the decathlon 1,500-meter run—4 minutes 40.1 seconds—was not beaten until the 1972 Games.