Bowling Score Calculator
Score a ten-pin bowling game frame by frame, strikes and spares included.
About the Bowling Score Calculator
Type every roll in order: X for a strike, / for a spare, - for a miss and numbers for pins. The calculator scores the game and shows the running total after each frame.
A strike scores 10 plus the next two rolls; a spare scores 10 plus the next roll; an open frame scores the pins knocked down. The tenth frame gives bonus rolls after a strike or spare.
The formula
Strike = 10 + next 2 rolls; spare = 10 + next roll
Worked example
X 7/ 9- X X 8/ 9/ X 72 X X 8
- Frame 1: strike, then 7 and 3 → 20
- Frame 2: spare, then 9 → 19, running total 39
- Final score: 191
Questions people ask
What's a turkey?
Three strikes in a row.
Can a game score 301?
No; 300 is the maximum: twelve strikes in a row.
How do I enter a split I knocked down partly?
Just the number of pins, such as 7 then 2.