# bingo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #10,990

## Definitions
1. A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
2. A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance
3. A win in such a game.
4. A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
5. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.

## Etymology
Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.

## Easily confused with
- **bio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-bio)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-bong)
- **bins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-bins)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-bung)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-bring)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-bling)
- **bongo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-bongo)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-boing)
- **brings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingo-vs-brings)
- **big** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/big-vs-bingo)
- **bin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bin-vs-bingo)
- **bang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bang-vs-bingo)
- **bind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bind-vs-bingo)
- **bing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bing-vs-bingo)
- **bigg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bigg-vs-bingo)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/being-vs-bingo)
- **binge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binge-vs-bingo)
- **bangs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bangs-vs-bingo)
- **binds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binds-vs-bingo)
- **banjo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banjo-vs-bingo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbingo`, `bigno`, `binggo`, `binngo`, `binog`, `bnigo`, `ibngo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bingo