bingo card

noun

variants or less commonly Bingo card

plural bingo cards also Bingo cards

1

: a card that is used in the game of bingo and that has numbered squares which are covered as corresponding numbered balls are drawn at random until one of the players wins by covering five such squares in a row

2

slang : a list of possible, expected, or likely scenarios

—usually used in the phrase on one's bingo card

I'm pretty sure nobody had "global pandemic" on their bingo cards back in 2016 …

—Mollie Taylor

As always I am writing this whilst re-reading my predictions from the previous year. I was partially right about continued struggles around talent and supply, but I didn't have major data breaches on my bingo card.

—Jasmin Bedir

Who had "Bulls winning the East" on their preseason Bingo card? Not I.

—Cole Huff

Examples of bingo card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Hollingsworths are pulled closer together once they’re informed by Nia (Antoinette Crowe-Legacy), a detective with Homeland Security — hey, there’s one more square for your federal agency bingo card! — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

That would have to be Cincinnati’s unsung Sal Stewart, who even if nobody probably had him on their Rookie of the Year bingo card at the start of the season, happens to be leading all NL rookies in homers (32) and RBI (110) and has played every day. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

The rooms These hit everything on your bingo card for a stylish hotel room in 2024—there are brass light fixtures, rattan wardrobes, and art-deco curves and tier motifs. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

Absent from our 2026 music festival bingo card was a revival (of sorts) of the defunct El Dorado County fave Hangtown Music Festival, Lazarus’ing this year as the Hangtime Music Festival. — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bingo card

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard