cornhole

noun

corn·​hole ˈkȯrn-ˌhōl 

: a lawn game in which players toss beanbags toward a slanted platform with the aim of passing the beanbag through a hole in the center of the platform

At Bristol, wandering about the grounds outside the track, I joined some tailgaters in a couple of rounds of cornhole, the beanbag-toss game.

—Ben Austen

Examples of cornhole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Webber went on to become a professional player of cornhole, which players throw bean bags through a hole in a slanted wooden board to score points. —Audrey McAvoy, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026

Webber was crowned Maryland's best cornhole player in 2020. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026

Webber went on to become a professional player of cornhole, a game in which players throw bean bags through a hole in a slanted wooden board to score points. —ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026

One of the courts featured at the event is a limitless league, where people with special abilities and adaptive needs can play cornhole with accommodations. —Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

corn entry 1 (as a filling for the bags) + hole entry 1, presumably with humorous allusion to slang cornhole "anus (in the context of anal sex)"

First Known Use

2001, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cornhole

• bankroll
• bedroll
• borehole
• cajole
• catchpole
• charcoal
• condole
• control
• dipole
• downhole
• enroll
• extol