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Definition: Bowling |
BowlingNoun1. A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over. 2. (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman. 3. The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bowling" was first used: sometime around 1500. (references) |
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Literature | Bowling Tom Bowling. The type of a model sailor in Smollett's Roderick Random. (To rhyme with rolling.) The Tom Bowling referred to in Dibdin's famous sea-song was Captain Thomas Dibdin, brother of Charles Dibdin, who wrote the song, and father of Dr. Dibdin, the bootlegbooksc. "Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of the crew." Dibdin. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Bowling is the common name for several sports that involve rolling a ball towards a target or to knock down pins.
For the use of this term in cricket see Bowling (cricket).
The sports known as bowling may be divided into two distinct groups. The first group is played along an "alley", most commonly of wood. Here the players attempt to score points by throwing a ball to knock down pins. Included in this group are
In the second group the players throw a ball (which may be eccentrically weighted) along a lawn in an attempt to put their balls closer to a designated point. This group includes
- Ten-pin bowling
- Five-pin bowling, played in Canada
- Nine-pin skittles
- Candlepin bowling, played in eastern Canada and New England, is a popular variation of ten-pin bowling, where the player gets to roll a small ball three times per frame, instead of the normal two.
- Duckpin bowling, commonly found in the Baltimore, Maryland area, in central Connecticut, and in eastern Canada, is another popular variation of ten-pin bowling, where the player rolls three times per frame.
- Turkey bowling, in which the participants throw frozen turkeys along the aisles of supermarkets to knock down 2-litre soft drink bottles, is not a sanctioned sport.
- Lawn bowls
- Bocce
- Petanque
Also See
- Skittles - the sport from which "alley" based Bowling originated
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bowling."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the game of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball. It is performed with a straight arm over the shoulder. At the point of releasing the ball from the hand, the elbow should remain rigid. Any bending or major flexing of the arm at the time of release would be determined by the umpire to be an illegal delivery.In ancient cricketing history underarm bowling was the only method employed. Initially, all bowling was performed with an underarm action. Later, an English woman, who used to play cricket alongside the gentlemen and whom was attired in the dress of the day for a lady, a long, widely blousing dress, was having difficulty in bowling with an underarm action due to the blousing dress and to counter this, she began to bowl with an overarm delivery method.
Soon after, a gentleman who witnessed this action began to employ it in club cricket matches, however, the overarm method was quickly banned and determined to be illegal. It was not until many years later the method was finally accepted by cricketing authorities and grew rapidly in popularity amongst all players. By the 20th century, underarm bowling had disappeared from the game.
An infamous "underarm bowling" incident occurred during a one-day match between the Australia and New Zealand teams, in which the bowler took advantage of the fact that underarm bowling had not been officially banned by rolling ball along the ground. By doing so he avoided the (unlikely) possibility that the No. 11 New Zealand batsman would score 6 from the last ball to tie the match.
As a result of this incident, underarm bowling was subsequently banned and found not to be within the spirit of the game.
When a ball is bowled illegally, it is known as a "no-ball." A no-ball must be rebowled, and the batsman are awarded one penalty run plus whatever runs they otherwise scored of the no-ball. A no ball occurs when the bowler:
Some bowling techniques:
- changes the arm with which he bowls without notifying the umpire
- changes the side of the stumps from which he bowls without notifying the umpire
- bowls underarm
- throws, rather than bowls, the ball
- throws or bowls the ball before actually entering the "delivery stride"
- bowls with the back foot touching or outside the "return crease" (the lines on either side of the stumps)
- bowls with the front foot wholly in front of the "popping crease" (the line in front of the stumps)
- bowls a ball that rolls or bounces more than twice before reaching the opposite popping crease
- bowls a ball that comes to rest before reaching the opposite popping crease
- bowls a ball, and the wicket-keeper comes in front of the stumps at the opposite end before the ball passes those stumps or touches the batsman or his bat
- bowls a ball, and any part of a fielder's anatomy touches or passes over the pitch before the ball passes those stumps or touches the batsman or his bat (this restriction does not apply to the bowler himself)
- bowls a ball, and at the instant of delivery, there are more than two fielders, excluding the wicket-keeper, behind the opposite popping crease and on the "on side" (left side for a right-handed batsman, right side for a left-handed batsman). (See Bodyline for an explanation)
- bowls a ball that is physically dangerous to the batsman
- bowls a ball that does not bounce and passes over the batsman's waist
- (In Test Matches) bowls, for the third or subsequent time in a single over, a ball that passes over the batsman's shoulder
- (In One-Day Matches) bowls, for the second or subsequent time in a single over, a ball that passes over the batsman's shoulder
- (In One-Day Matches) bowls a ball, and at the instant of delivery, there are more than five fielders in the "on side" (left side for a right-handed batsman, right side for a left-handed batsman).
- (In One-Day Matches) bowls a ball during the first fifteen overs, and at the instant of delivery, there are more than two fielders in the outfield as demarcated by "dots" marked on the field.
- Bodyline
- Googly.
- Leg spin
- Left-arm orthodox spin
- Left-arm unorthodox spin
- Off spin
- Flipper
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bowling (cricket)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Ten-Pin Bowling is a sport with a simple aim - roll a ball down a wooden pathway to knock down as many targets as possible. The game is made harder by gutters that run along either side of this pathway (called the 'Lane'). If a ball falls into this gutter, no targets will be hit, and therefore no score will be acquired.A game of 10-Pin Bowling is divided into ten rounds (called 'Frames'). In a frame, each player is given two opportunities to knock down the skittle targets (called 'Pins'). They roll their first ball at the pins. Whatever pins are knocked down are counted and scored. Then the player rolls a second ball at any remaining targets. In the event that all ten pins were razed with the first ball (a 'Strike'), they receive points and a bonus, and play passes to the next competitor. A player has no more than two balls to play in each frame (one exception applies, see below), so even if they fail to knock over any pins, after they have taken two shots, play passes to the next competitor.
The ten pins are automatically set by machine into a triangle with 4 pins in the back row, then 3, 2, and finally 1 in the front, at the centre of the lane. Obviously, due to the spacing of the pins, it is impossible for the ball to strike every one, therefore a tactical shot is required, which will result in a chain reaction of pin hitting pin. In order to count, the pin must be knocked over entirely; in unlucky circumstances, a pin may wobble furiously, yet come to rest upright, thus not being scored.
Scoring
In general, one point is scored for each pin that is knocked over. So, in an imaginary game, if player 'A' bowled over 3 pins with their first shot, then 6 with their second, she would receive a total of 9 points for that frame. If player 'B' knocks down 9 pins with their first shot, but misses with their second, she would also score 9.In the event that all ten pins were knocked over by any one player in a single frame, bonuses are awarded.
Example:
- Strike: When all 10 pins are knocked down with the first ball (called a strike), a player is awarded 10 points, plus a bonus of whatever he scores with his next 2 balls. In this way, the points scored for the two balls after the strike are scored twice.
- Frame 1, ball 1 - 10 pins (strike)
- Frame 2, ball 1 - 3 pins
- Frame 2, ball 2 - 6 pins
- The total score from these throws is: 10 + (3+6) + 3 + 6 = 28
A player who scores multiple strikes in succession would score like so:
- Frame 1, ball 1 - 10 pins (strike)
- Frame 2, ball 1 - 10 pins (strike)
- Frame 3, ball 1 - 4 pins
- Frame 3, ball 2 - 2 pins
- The score from these throws is:
- Frame one... 10 + (10 + 4) = 24
- Frame two... 10 + (4 + 2) = 16
- Frame three... 4 + 2 = 6
- TOTAL = 46
A player lucky enough to bowl a strike in the 10th (final) frame, is awarded two extra balls so as to allow for his bonus points. If both these balls also result in strikes, a total of 30 points (10 + 10 + 10) is awarded for the frame. Example:
- Spare: A 'spare' (often called half-strike in England), is awarded when no pins are left standing after the second ball of a frame. ie. A player uses both balls of a frame to clear all ten pins. A player achieving a spare is awared 10 points, plus a bonus of whatever he scores with his next ball (only the first ball is counted).
A player who bowls a spare in the 10th (final) frame, is awarded one extra ball so as to allow for his bonus points.
- Frame 1, ball 1 - 7 pins
- Frame 1, ball 2 - 3 pins (spare)
- Frame 2, ball 1 - 4 pins
- Frame 2, ball 2 - 2 pins
- The total score from these throws is: 7 + 3 + 4(bonus) + 4 + 2 = 20
To correctly calculate bonus points can be a bit tricky, especially when combinations of strikes and spares come in successive frames. In modern times, however, this has been overcome with automated scoring systems, linked to the machines that set and clear the pins between frames. A computer automatially counts pins that remain standing, and fills in a virtual score sheet (usually displayed on monitors above each lane).
The maximum score in a game of 10-pin is 300. This is scored by bowling 12 strikes: one for each frame, and a strike with both bonus balls in the 10th frame. In this way, each frame will score 30 points (see above - scoring:strike).
Regulations
- Distances
- Spacing
- etc
External links
- Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) homepage
- Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) homepage
- American Bowling Congress (ABC) homepage
- Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) homepage
- Young American Bowling Alliance (YABA) homepage
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ten-pin bowling."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Park, plaisance; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) a; arbor; garden; (horticulture); pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground; tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum, skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe. |
Horizontality | Plain, floor, platform, bowling green; cricket ground; croquet ground, croquet lawn; billiard table; terrace, estrade, esplanade, parterre. |
Adjective: horizontal, level, even, plane; flat; flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green; alluvial; calm, calm as a mill pond; smooth, smooth as glass. | |
Smoothness | Slide; bowling green; (level); asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags. |
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Screenplays | I was bowling. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) There wasn't much to do. All the bowling alleys had been wrecked (Strange Brew; writing credit: Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, screenplay by Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas and Steve De Jarnatt.) A bowling team (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates) And didn't they beat the Sunnydale Elks in the Adult Bowling Tournament (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) You know what that means? Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him gripe about his bowling scores (The French Connection; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) | |
Lyrics | We can go bowling it ain't like before (Hey Papi; performing artist: Jay-Z) | |
Clever | Shopping tip: You can get shoes for 85-cents at the bowling alley. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Celebrity Bowling (1971) Phillies Jackpot Bowling (1959) Columbia World of Sports: Billiard and Bowling Champs (1953) Bowling Headliners (1949) | |
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 | Jill Bowling of government staff looks at Porcupine in the Blitzen River WSA. Credit: Scott Moore. |  | Four images related to bowling, clockwise from top left: painting of Abraham Lincoln with friends in bowling alley; Dean Rusk, bowling; photograph of woman bowling; and engraving of women bowling in 1880's. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New York, N.Y., Custom House and Bowling Green. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Olentangy Park bowling alleys, Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sign in pool and bowling hall, Spencer, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Choosing ball. Bowling alley, Clinton, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bainbridge Naval Training Station. Ship's service bowling. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Century Bowling Alley, Wall St., Huntington, Long Island, New York. Detail A. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Editors (Kiplinger) Building. Bowling alley in Editors (Kiplinger) Building I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | American Bowling Congress, Bowling Tournament, Milwaukee, Wis. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bowling" by Gavin Whitmore Commentary: "..." | "Lawn Bowls" by Craig Stump Commentary: "Lawn bowls, green, grass, bowling." |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Bowling ball rolling down the lane and hitting some pins. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And all over the playgrounds they were playing rounders and bowling twisters and lobs |
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Business | AMF bowling lanes dominate the market. (references) | |
Most shopping malls have bowling facilities. (references) | ||
Bowling centers are slowly growing in number. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | Basketball, golf, scuba diving, tennis, billiards, bowling, darts, softball, volleyball, and soccer are the sports that enjoy the highest popularity. (references) |
Poland | Moreover, investment in leisure activities such as ski lifts, tennis courts, outdoor and indoor swimming pools, golf courses and bowling centers is desperately needed. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bowling" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.82% of the time. "Bowling" is used about 522 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 77.82% | 407 | 13,834 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 18.93% | 99 | 32,870 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.25% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 522 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bowling" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bowling | Last name | 10,000 | 1,203 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | AMF Bowling Worlwide, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "bowling": bowling alley ♦ bowling ball ♦ Bowling crease ♦ bowling equipment ♦ bowling Green ♦ bowling lane ♦ bowling league ♦ bowling pin ♦ bowling score ♦ bowling shoe ♦ candlepin bowling ♦ lawn bowling ♦ tenpin bowling. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bowling": bowling-alley, bowling-green. | |
Ending with "bowling": fast-bowling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bowling | 6,680 | online bowling game | 214 |
bowling ball | 2,507 | amf bowling | 209 |
bowling for soup | 2,399 | bowling green university | 205 |
bowling green kentucky | 1,825 | lawn bowling | 201 |
bowling game | 1,390 | american bowling congress | 194 |
elf bowling | 1,270 | bowling bag | 192 |
bowling shirt | 781 | bowling green daily news | 179 |
bowling shoes | 729 | bowling clipart | 176 |
bowling for columbine | 661 | bowling tournament | 163 |
bowling green | 453 | bowling pin | 130 |
bowling lyrics soup | 432 | abc bowling | 117 |
bowling green ohio | 431 | bowling slime | 113 |
bowling alley | 402 | bowling picture | 110 |
bowling green state university | 381 | bowling center | 107 |
bowling equipment | 348 | bowling clip art | 106 |
free bowling game | 343 | ten pin bowling | 104 |
bowling tip | 287 | storm bowling | 103 |
bowling supply | 246 | bowling ball review | 101 |
brunswick bowling | 228 | dexter bowling shoes | 99 |
bowling online | 222 | 10 pin bowling | 98 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bowling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | حبل الشراع, البولنغ لعبة كرة خشبية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | боулинг (bowl), подаване на топка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 保龄球. (various references) | |
Czech | americké kuželky. (various references) | |
Dutch | bowling. (various references) | |
Esperanto | globludo, globludado. (various references) | |
Finnish | keilailu (tenpins). (various references) | |
French | bowling, pétanque. (various references) | |
German | bowling, werfen (bowl, cast, drop, fling, flung, heave, litter, pitch, score, shy away, throw, thrust, to pitch, to throw, toss). (various references) | |
Greek | μπόουλινγκ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | כדורת (bowls, skittles, tenpins), באולינג. (various references) | |
Hungarian | teke (skittles), tekézés. (various references) | |
Indonesian | boling. (various references) | |
Italian | bowling, lancio della palla, gioco delle bocce. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ボーデの法則 (ball, ball bearing, ball-point pen, baudon, bawling, board, board-level, boardsailing, boat neck, boat people, Bode's law, bold, bonus, Borden, boring, Boulder, bowl, count of balls and strikes, rowing boat, vaudeville, vaudevillian), ボイル油 (boiled oil, bowl, bowl game, bowler, vocabulary), 投球 (pitched ball, pitching, throwing a ball). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ボーリング (bawling, boring), ボウリング , とうきゅう (class, grade, investigation, pitched ball, pitching, research, study, throwing a ball). (various references) | |
Korean | 볼링. (various references) | |
Manx | boulleraght (bowls). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owlingbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | boliche (bowl, ninepins, skittles), críquete (cricket). (various references) | |
Romanian | popicãrie (bowling alley). (various references) | |
Russian | игра в шары (bowl). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kuglanje (ninepins). (various references) | |
Spanish | juego de bolos (ninepins, skittles, tenpins). (various references) | |
Swedish | bowling (tenpins), kast (case, cast, caste, chuck, cockshot, cockshy, fling, heave, hurl, jerk, pitch, shy, throw, toss). (various references) | |
Thai | กีฬาโบว์ลิ่ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | bovling (tenpin), dokuz kuka oyunu (bowl, ninepins, skittles). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гра в кулі, гра в кеглі. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bulla. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | boule. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bowling": bowlings. (additional references) | |
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"Bowling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bjoerling, Bjorling, Boblingen, bodlin, Bohling, Bolang, Bolling, bollini, Boullin, bowelling, bowking, bowlin, bowlinh, bowlinw, boyling, Gowling, Jowling, owling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bowling" (pronounced bō"ling) |
| 5 | b ō" l i ng | Bolling. |
| 4 | -ō" l i ng | cajoling, consoling, controlling, doling, enrolling, extolling, foaling, growling, holing, paroling, patrolling, poling, polling, rolling, strolling, tolling, trolling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, bottling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: blowing. | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-l-n-o-w" | |
-1 letter: bowing, globin, goblin, lowing. | |
-2 letters: bingo, blown, boing, lingo, owing. | |
-3 letters: blin, blow, boil, bong, bowl, glib, glob, glow, gown, ling, lino, lion, loin, long, lown, noil, wing, wino. | |
-4 letters: big, bin, bio, bog, bow, gib, gin, gob, ion, lib, lin, lob, log, low, nib, nil, nob, nog, now, obi, oil, owl, own, wig. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-l-n-o-w" | |
+1 letter: boweling, bowingly, bowlings, elbowing, wobbling. | |
+2 letters: behowling, bellowing, billowing, bowelling. | |
+3 letters: batfowling, beclowning, emboweling, flyblowing, lowballing, outbawling. | |
+4 letters: beflowering, disboweling, embowelling, furbelowing, outbrawling, overblowing, snowballing. | |
+5 letters: bowdlerising, bowdlerizing, disbowelling, glassblowing, snowmobiling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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