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

Starting a New Chapter Launching into the lingerie market was not on O’Brien’s bingo card. —Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025

The collaboration that was never on our bingo cards for 2025 is now happening, as Kim Kardashian gets set to join Fortnite as a celebrity character. —Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

Our fall book challenge is open through the end of the year –enter your bingo card here for a chance to win. —Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Dec. 2025

So, get your indie film bingo cards out. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025

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