The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPARE , but the solution may also be SPARES which is one of the most recent solution (1990 in New York Times).
Bowling term crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPARE | 50 % | 5 |
| FRAME | 20 % | 5 |
| SPARES | 10 % | 6 |
| RESET | 10 % | 5 |
| STRIKE | 10 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bowling term
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- strike
- spare
- action
- air ball
- alley
- badders
- badminton racket
- ball
- ball-hawking
- ball alley
- ball game
- balled
Crossword Answer definitions
SPARE noun- The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
- Parsimony; frugal use.
- An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
- That which has not been used or expended.
- A spare part, especially a spare tire.
- A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
- The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
- The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
- A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
- Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
- Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
- Slow.
- To show mercy.
- To keep.
- To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SPARE
- Next best thing to a strike
- Left over
- Type of tire
- Diagonal line, on a score sheet
- Donut in a trunk
- Flat replacement
- It may be found in the trunk
- Trunk item
- Do without
- Converted split
More clues leading to the result FRAME
- Doublecross
- Chassis
- 1/10th of a string
- Bowling division
- One of ten in bowling
- Skeleton
- Round in bowling
- Set up for a fall
- Supporting structure
- Contextualize
More clues leading to the result SPARES
- Alley pickups
- Exempts
- Trunk tires
- Lets off the hook
- Some bowling scores
- ///, to a kegler
- Bowling marks
- Alley slashes
- Extras
- Bowlers pick them up
More clues leading to the result RESET
- Adjust
- Adjust the alarm
- Bowler's button
- Bowling-alley button
- Computer button
- Start over, in bowling
- Timer button
- Bowling alley button
- CTRL-ALT-DEL alternative
- Put back to zero