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About skittles

Skittles is a lawn game and target sport played in the United Kingdom and Ireland in which a ball is thrown at a set of nine wooden pins, usually arranged in a diamond formation, in an attempt to knock them over in as few throws as possible. It is of European origin, and variations of the game are still played in many other countries, such as quilles in France, kegeln in Germany and Austria, and bolos and Asturian bowling in Spain. It is similar to, but distinct from, nine-pin bowling and is considered the forerunner of Tenpin bowling, which is typically thought to have made its way to the United States with Dutch colonists.