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Candlepins are thinner (hence the name "candlepin"), which increases the amount of space between pins, further reducing scoring. Fallen pins ("wood") are not cleared away between rolls during a frame, so long as the entire pin stays behind the "dead wood" line, which is 24 inches in front of the "head pin" spot.
Pins are coated with plastic and painted, by convention mostly white with (usually) transaxial red stripes or other markings around the neck or middle (candlepins). Sets of pins, usually 5, 9, or 10 in a triangular arrangement, are the target of the bowling ball in various bowling games including tenpins, five-pins, duckpins and candlepins.
Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle.
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Duckpins are shorter and squatter than standard tenpins and candlepins are the tallest at 15 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (40 cm), but only 2 + 15 ⁄ 16 in (7.5 cm) wide and 2 lb 8 oz (1.1 kg) in weight. Bowling pins are constructed by gluing blocks of rock maple wood into the approximate shape, and then turning on a lathe .
Duckpin bowling is a variation of the sport of bowling.. Duckpin balls are 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (12 cm) to 5 in (12.7 cm) in diameter, weigh 3 lb 6 oz (1.5 kg) to 3 lb 12 oz (1.7 kg) each, and lack finger holes.
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The first World Championships was in 1954, held in Helsinki where 58 men from 7 federations took part. The next three World Championships (1955, 1958, and 1960) only had men participating.