Definitions for ninepin

ninepin nine·pins

Spelling: [nahyn-pinz]
IPA: /ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz/

Ninepin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in ninepin (eiinnnp).

Definitions for ninepin

noun

  1. (used with a singular verb) tenpins played without the head pin.
  2. ninepin, a pin used in this game.

Origin of ninepin

1570-80; nine + pins

Examples for ninepin

Had any one had the courage to do so, they would have gone down like a row of ninepins.

What a shindy you have made, bowling us all down like ninepins!

Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as well as they.

The Indians fell like ninepins, but there were always more to come on.

You will find no playing at bowls or ninepins here, as you probably imagine.

So thought not the City Guard, four of whom went down like ninepins.

But our fire was too much for them; they fell like a row of ninepins.

Margaret hunted about in the attic, and found a box of ninepins.

Peter was silently appointed to set up the ninepins for them.

Treat men as pawns and ninepins and you shall suffer as well as they.

Word Value for ninepin
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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