Tenpin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 60 anagrams from letters in tenpin (einnpt).
First recorded in 1590-1600; ten + pin + -s3
Dick had let fly the jagged stone, taking him directly in the forehead and keeling him over like a tenpin.
He struck Asa Lemm fairly and squarely in the stomach, bowling him over as if he were a tenpin.
The bear gave me a slashing cuff on the side of the head, and I went down like a tenpin.
The canoe was bowled over like a tenpin, and Ned went head first into the yellow flood.
How he got past Dick never knew, but those watching saw him fiercely bowl over his opponent like a tenpin.
"Why, they've put you into a tenpin alley," were his words of greeting.
The Gutter Pup went back like a tenpin, staggered, and kept his footing.
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