One Syllable Team Names

For each league, guess the team names that have just one syllable.

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NBA

Bucks

Bulls

Hawks

Heat

Jazz

Kings

Knicks

Nets

Spurs

Suns

NFL

Bears

Bills

Browns

Chiefs

Colts

Jets

Rams

Saints

College Football
(Bowl Subdivision)

Bears

Bulls

Ducks

(Orange)

Owls

Rams

Utes

Zips

NHL

Blues

Ducks

Flames

Jets

Kings

Sharks

Stars

Wild

MLB

Braves

Cubs

Mets

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Reds

Twins

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62 Comments

Level 50

Apr 29, 2015

Cleveland Browns?

Level 86

Apr 29, 2015

My dictionary says "orange" has two syllables. And where are the Cleveland Browns?

Level 76

Apr 30, 2015

I checked two dictionaries and they both say two syllables: or-ange.

Level 93

Apr 30, 2015

< tangent> This is something I've never understood. If orange has two syllables, then it's easy to come up with rhymes--lunge, grunge, etc--but if it is only one, then a good rhyme is more difficult, if not strictly impossible. However, many of the same people I know who claim orange has no rhyme will also assert that it's two syllables. < /tangent>

Level 86

Apr 30, 2015

Reply to Platitude: Wikipedia says "two words rhyme if their final stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical". Since "o" is the final stressed vowel in (the two-syllable word) "orange", "lunge" and "grunge" do not rhyme with "orange".

Level 93

May 1, 2015

@cpgatbyu: Completely agree with your definition of rhyming. My point is that if Orange is two syllables, then it has another stressed vowel, thus making it rhyme with lunge, et al. It's an odd word, sure, but people seem to want it both ways.

Level 86

May 7, 2015

@platitude: "stressed vowel" means "vowel in a stressed syllable". Both syllables in "orange" aren't stressed, only the first. Hence, any word that rhymed with "orange" would have to end precisely with "orange".

Level 93

Sep 8, 2015

@cpgatbyu, I can see your argument, but I still can't figure out a way to make 'orange' 2 syllables without stressing the a. I guess it is approaching the schwa though, so maybe.

Level 75

Jun 9, 2016

but lunge and grunge don't rhyme with orange even if you leave off the first syllable...

Level 85

Mar 28, 2017

@platitude: there's a difference between stressing (aka, accentuating) a syllable and pronouncing a syllable. Trust me, when you say the word "orange", you do not stress the a. You merely pronounce it.

OR'inj (only the o is stressed, while the a is pronounced)

Level 79

Jul 29, 2023

Yeah, stressing the A in orange sounds awfully wrong. For the record, the second syllable is stressed in orangutang. Instead of saying “utang” after it, just shorten it to “orANGE”. It sounds so terribly wrong!

Level 72

Sep 3, 2019

Yea orange definitely does not rhyme with lunge grunge, even if you would just want it to rhyme with the -ange part of the word.

If you try to pronounce orange as one syllable, you'd get something like onsh.

I wonder why people have such difficulties with syllables (though the difficulty for plattitude seem to be more with the rhyming) I have seen it a surprising number of times on this site, for words where I couldn't even imagine how someone could see it in a different amount of syllables. It is seriously astounding to me (and no it is not something like "I don't believe people didnt know this or that answer" because peoples interests lie in different areas. and the exposure is different, europeans cant be expected to know everything about america and vice versa for instance. So that is understandable.)

Level 72

Sep 3, 2019

Phalange keeps coming to mind, (as in phalanx) is orange was considered one syllable that would be a better fit that lunge or grunge

Level 78

Apr 30, 2015

Likely in last place in the AFC North

Level 75

Jun 2, 2015

Level ∞

Apr 30, 2015

Added Browns, and no longer require the type-in of Orange since there are disagreements about how many syllables it has.

Level 85

Jun 2, 2018

How is there disagreement? Can you find a dictionary that says it has only one? If you can, then there can be no argument, and if you can't, just remove it. I can't, but maybe you can?

Level 72

Sep 3, 2019

I really cant see how people think it has one syllable. I can disagree with the number of syllables quizmaster has and say it is only one syllable. Just because I disagree with it, does make it so. Some things are just facts (like the amount of letters in the word tomato) and not open for interpretation (like pronunciation of tomato)

I wonder, is strawberry one syllable too? or banana? From now on I am gonna argue with everyone that claims it has more than one syllable. (Sorry if this comment comes of slightly agressive, if so I didnt mean to, but this is one just baffles me, it is one of the more crazy things that has been allowed on this site, just as crazy as someone claiming denmark, the country is in Asia, and including it, because there is one person that disagrees that it is in europe...)

Level 72

Sep 3, 2019

I actually word understand it more if people thought it was three syllables, or-an-ge or something. But I really can't wrap my head around how they can think it is one, honestly,I cant see how they must be looking at it. To me it sounds like saying a cow is a bird or something, I have no idea why someone would say that and it is astounding to hear. (Unlike, which is still quite obviously wrong, when they think a bat is a bird, atleast in Thát case there is a reason where I can see their thought process took the wrong turn> In this case, I really can;t see it.)

Level 79

Jul 29, 2023

Assumably, people from whatever state QM is from probably pronounce it “ornj”. It’s like how some people pronounce it “carmel” instead of the proper “caramel”, or some Americans say that a “ruhf” sits atop their houses instead of “roof”, or that they need to landscape the yahd.

Level 61

Jun 2, 2015

Knicks are actually Knickerbockers, no?

Just as Cleveland is also Cavaliers, even though their commonly called Cavs.

Level 43

Jun 2, 2015

I agree that only full names should be used. I call them the Mavs, Raps, Celts, Leafs, Habs etc.

Knicks and Mets are the same thing.

Level 78

Jun 2, 2015

While technically right, neither NY team has really been called by their "full names" in eons. All newspaper sport sections refer to them as Knicks & Mets and rarely say Cavs or Mavs.

Level 57

Jun 2, 2015

I'd say college really has no place on this quiz - the only ones with more than 8% are teams that share their name with another team, from the Big 4.

Level 66

Jun 2, 2015

Missed my alma mater (owls), so that was sad...still got a good amount though

Level 66

Jun 2, 2015

Central Florida Knights are in the Bowl Subdivision, aren't they?

Level 66

Jun 14, 2015

No response to my original comment, but I still think Knights should be included.

Level ∞

Jun 15, 2015

Yeah, I will add them when we update the quiz next. I don't like to update the quiz so soon because it resets everyone's stats.

Level 51

Nov 4, 2016

Now that it has been over a year, think it is time to update this to include the UCF Knights?

Level 73

Sep 24, 2020

Well that didn't happen.

Level 66

Jun 2, 2015

If the intent was to list the answers in alphabetical order, you should put the Bucks before Bulls and Spurs before Suns. Alphabetical order sometimes helps me fill in the answers I'm missing based on what I have so far. And it just messes with my OCD for the rest to be in order except those two!

Level ∞

Jun 3, 2015

Fixed

Level 65

Jun 2, 2015

This quiz needs a lot more time.

Level 52

Jun 2, 2015

Not nearly enough time on this quiz

Level 83

Apr 10, 2018

The timing is usually pretty appropriate for the quizzes here, but I totally agree with you on this one. Needs at least a couple more minutes; it's a LOT of teams to think through!

Level 64

Jun 2, 2015

Knicks and Mets are referred to as Knicks and Mets on their jerseys and all official marketing and merchandise from the teams. The Cavaliers have a few jerseys that just say "Cavs," but their official home jersey has the team's entire name on it: there is nothing that the Knicks or Mets wear that says "Knickerbockers" or "Metropolitans," respectively. The Oakland Athletics are known as the A's, but their home jersey says "Athletics" on it, and the team's logo, while featuring their disctinctive 'A' also includes the word Athletics. Many teams have informal nicknames, from the A's to the Orioles being called the 'Os' and the Mavericks and Cavaliers being known as the Mavs and Cavs, respectively, but those nicknames are informal, while with the Knicks and Mets, those are the teams' names at this point.

Level 64

Jun 4, 2015

and boston bruins?

Level 89

Jun 7, 2015

bru-ins... two syllbles

Level 85

Jun 2, 2018

Boo-urns!

Level 42

Jun 4, 2015

Where are the Giants?

Level 89

Jun 7, 2015

gi-ants... two syllables

Level 85

Mar 28, 2017

I guess this only goes to prove the old axiom is true: there are 3 kinds of people in the world....the kind that can count, and the kind that can't.

Level 47

Aug 31, 2015

The New York Mets full name is Mets, not Metropolitans. They got that name from the original New York Metropolitans baseball team, who were nicknamed the Mets. Knicks on the other hand is short for Knickerbockers. So I think that Mets should stay and Knicks should be removed.

Level 76

Nov 24, 2015

I got a point! On a US sports quiz! First one.

Level 43

Mar 5, 2016

Neat quiz idea

Level 75

Jun 9, 2016

Why is there discussion about orange? It quite clearly has 2 syllables... I can't imagine how to pronounce it with only 1 syllable

Level 85

Jun 2, 2018

Remove the "a", I guess. Ornge. Otherwise, I can't figure out how the presence of a vowel doesn't begin a new syllable.

Level 75

Jun 29, 2018

Sure - if you make it a different word, then it might have only 1 syllable

Level 72

Sep 3, 2019

Onsh Works too :D`or maybe oansh

Level 63

Aug 24, 2017

great quiz but not enough time. also, Knicks is technically short for "Knickerbockers," hardly one syllable.

Level 73

Jun 27, 2018

Bruins?

Level 90

Aug 4, 2018

The Brunes?

Level 90

Aug 4, 2018

I went through all the cities geographically and listed them then quit only to find a handful of the thousands of college teams were included. Oh well, I'm not wracking my brain for obscure stuff like that.

Level 90

Aug 4, 2018

And reading through these comments, how many illiterates out there can't pronounce two-syllable words?

Level 57

Mar 13, 2020

Missing the UCF Knights and the Liberty Flames

Level 80

Dec 21, 2021

What do you mean by subdivision for college? I can think of Knights, Gaels, Pride, Tribe, Hawks, Stags, Saints, Flames, Sharks, Braves, Dons, Dukes, Broncs, Mocs, Waves, and Norse for one-syllable college teams. Maybe they don't all have football programs, but I would have to imagine some of them do.

Level 85

Jul 6, 2022

1) Agree with those who say more time is needed. If it were not for college teams, it would be fine as it. But there are an awful lot of those. 2) Get 'orange' off of here.

Level 68

Mar 5, 2024

As a non-American, I know some rural southerners pronounce it 'orrrnge'.

Level 72

Apr 26, 2023

I don't really know if the college teams belong, but if so, as others have pointed out, Knights should be added for UCF. Additionally, Flames should be added for Liberty and Dukes for James Madison.

Level 74

Feb 17, 2024

Kansas City Royals?

Level 76

Feb 26, 2024

2 syllables.

Level 77

Apr 9, 2024

Damn you must have a hell of drawl

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