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A spare is a term in Bowling that means all of the pins are knocked down with the second ball of the frame. It is usually indicated by a slash "/" on the scoresheet. A player gaining a spare gains 10 points.

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16y ago

The way I see it, it is called a spare because you use your extra shot to knock all the pins down.(or in other words, used your spare shot to get a spare)

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13y ago

A "spare" in bowling is when it takes two rolls in one frame to knock down all ten pins. A frame with a spare is scored by adding ten with the pins knocked down by the next ball.

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11y ago

The spare is getting to 2nd sub-bowl at 10 pins getting.

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