That would depend on what the count of the spare was. If it was ten strikes in a row, then 9 /, the score would be a 289 game. If it was an 8 /, it would be a 288 game and so on.
One way to get a score of 289 in bowling is to spare the first frame, get strikes in frames 2 through 9, 2 strikes in the 10th frame and then a 9 count. Another way of getting it is by getting the first nine strikes, first in the tenth then a nine count and the pick up
In the last frame you get a chance of bowling 3 balls. You can get three strikes, a strike and a spare (a spare is two balls) or a spare and a strike.
299
190If you throw a spare in the first frame (doesn't matter the count of the first ball) then throw 9 spare for the rest of the game in each frame with a 9 on your final ball in the 10th your score would be 190. The highest score without throwing a strike.
To score a 279 in 10 Pin Bowling, you would need to bowl a Spare in the first frame followed by 8 strikes & for the tenth frame you would need a Strike followed by a 9 spare as shown below. 9/, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, 9/ The score would show as this during the game 20,50,80,110,140,170,200,230,259,279
A Game with all Marks (Spares and strikes) is called a Clean Game.
SPARE is correct, for all uses (a backup tire, a bowling score, or very slim).
A turkey is 3 strikes in a row. You can only get a strike on the first ball of the frame. If you knock down all the pins on the 2nd ball of a frame it is a spare not a strike.
In tenpin bowling, it's pretty hard as the bowler must throw 10 strikes in a row. The only two ways I know of a tenpin bowler getting a 289 score is ... 1) Get a spare in the 1st frame, then throw 10 strikes in a row (from the 2nd frame through the second ball in the 10th frame), and then get a 9 count on the last ball in the tenth frame. 2) Throw 10 strikes in a row (1st frame through the first ball of the 10th frame), then get a 9 count with the second ball in the 10th frame and convert the spare with the third ball.
There are two general ways of bowling a 289 game: 1) Start with 10 strikes, then 9 count, and pick up the spare 2) Start with a spare, then 10 strikes, then a 9 on your last ball. Within those general ways, there are many variations. In the first, there are theoretically 10 different ways to get a 9-count on the 11th ball. In the second, there are theoretically 1,023 ways to get a spare in the first frame, and 10 different ways to get a 9-count on the last ball.
Please spare me!
Strikes and spares are terms used in the game of bowling. A strike is when you knock all of the pins down in one shot. A spare is when you knock all of the pins down in two shots.