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Famous battles with 5 letters
Stuck on a crossword or a word game? 22 famous battles have exactly 5 letters, from “Anzio” to “Ypres”.
Famous battles with 5 letters
- Anzio
- Arras
- Buxar
- Crecy
- Crete
- Ipsus
- Issus
- Kursk
- Lewes
- Maipu
- Marne
- Narva
- Pydna
- Sedan
- Sluys
- Somme
- Talas
- Tanga
- Tours
- Valmy
- Varna
- Ypres
About this list
- 22 of the 287 famous battles have exactly 5 letters (8%).
- Most start with S (3), T (3) and A (2).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some five-letter famous battles?
- 22 of the 287 famous battles in Icillion have exactly 5 letters, for example Somme, Kursk and Issus.
- Which five-letter famous battles start with S?
- S is the most common first letter here, with 3 names, such as Sedan, Sluys and Somme.
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