Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spare ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: spare ball
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation where all ten pins are knocked down with the second throw in a frame. The points scored by the next ball rolled (in the next frame) are added to the spare's frame's score.

Inflected Forms

spare balls (plural)

Questions

What does spare ball mean?: The situation where all ten pins are knocked down with the second throw in a frame. The points scored by the next ball rolled (in the next frame) are added to the spare's frame's score.

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