tensies

English

Etymology

From ten +‎ -sies.

Noun

tensies (plural tensies)

1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.
   • 2004, Anne Tyler, The amateur marriage, page 282:

     He saw Lindy playing jacks on the sidewalk in Front of the store, snatching up ninesies and tensies in a heedless, all-out swoop that kept the backs of her fingers perpetually scraped raw.

Anagrams

• entises, sestine