ten-pins

Bowler's standing targets

Ten-pins is the American form of bowling in which ten bottle-shaped pins are arranged in a triangle and knocked down by rolling a ball down a wooden lane.

The term distinguishes this game from other bowling variants like nine-pins or candlepins.

We spent Saturday afternoon at the ten-pins alley.

gameplay

frame

Supporting outer structure

turkey · hook · score · foul · handicap · backswing · release · roll · marker · gutterball

competition

league

Association or distance unit

playoffs · standings · roster · schedule · season · match · rolloff · division · rankings · association

equipment

ball

Spherical plaything or gala

gutter · rack · shoes · arrows · approach · oil · conditioner · synthetic · wood · scoring

Opposites
bowling variant

ten-pinsduckpins

Squat bowling targets

candlepins · skittles · bocce · lawn bowling · kegel

Family

ten, pin, pins, tenth, tens, pinned, pinning

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G