Lawn bowls words, in the order you need them
Start with the beginner words and you can follow a match. Each level builds on the one before.
Already know some? Search all 85 words and 21 rules
Words
- Green
- Rink
- Bowl
- Jack
- End
- Front ditch and rear ditch
- Bank
- Boundary peg
- Side boundary
- Pace of the green
- Mat
- Mat line
- Groundsheet
- World Bowls Stamp
- Working Reference Bowl
- Measuring equipment
- Shot
- Shot bowl
- Toucher
- Tied end
- Jack high
- Line bowl
- Net total of shots
- Shot indicators
- Delivery
- Bias
- Draw shot
- Drive
- Yard on
- Ditch
- Centring the jack
- Improper delivery of the jack
- Jack less than 2 m from the front ditch
- Original course
- Displaced bowl or jack
- Disturbing the head
- Foot-fault
- Possession of the rink
- Trial ends
- Toss for opening play
- Position of players
- Marking a toucher
- Dead end
- Extra end
- Playing out of turn
- Substitute
- Game stoppage
- Last bowl of an end
- Dead bowl
- Dead jack
- Non-toucher
- Live jack in the ditch
- Trail shot
- Block shot
- Wick shot
- Running shot
- Blocker
- Singles
- Pairs
- Skip
- Triples
- Fours
- Lead
- Second
- Third
- Order of play
- Side game
- Format of play
- Sets play
- Tie-breaker
- Game points and set points
- Re-spot position
- Head
- Sides
- Measure
- Score card
- Game result
- Marker
- Umpire
- Controlling Body
- Conditions of Play and domestic regulations
- Coach
- Challenge to bowls
- Forfeited game
- Players with disabilities
Rules
- How does a game of lawn bowls work?
- How many bowls does each player have in lawn bowls?
- Who plays first in lawn bowls?
- Where can a bowler stand when delivering?
- How far must the jack go in lawn bowls?
- How is an end scored in lawn bowls?
- How is a game of bowls won?
- What is a toucher in lawn bowls?
- When is a bowl dead in lawn bowls?
- What happens if the jack goes in the ditch?
- What happens if a player accidentally stops a bowl?
- Where must players stand while others bowl?
- What happens if a bowler plays out of turn?
- Can a bowls team bring on a substitute?
- What happens if a bowls game is stopped by rain?
- What does a marker do in lawn bowls?
- Can a coach give advice during a bowls game?
- Can wheelchair users and blind players play lawn bowls?
- How big is a lawn bowls green?
- What gives a lawn bowl its curve?
- How does sets play work in lawn bowls?