tenpin bowling

Strike and spare

Tenpin bowling is the most common form of bowling, played by rolling a ball down a wooden lane to knock down ten pins arranged in a triangle.

Each player gets two rolls per frame across ten frames.

A strike knocks down all pins on the first roll; a spare clears them on the second.

Often shortened to just bowling in American English.

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