bingos

Dauber game wins

Bingos is the plural of bingo, which names a game of chance played with numbered cards.

Players mark off numbers as they are called at random, and the first to complete a specified pattern wins.

The game is popular at community centers, churches, and casinos.

In Scrabble circles, bingos refers to plays that use all seven tiles at once, earning a fifty-point bonus.

game

winning

Achieving victory

  • daubersBlunt-tipped applicators or clumsy painters
  • cardsStiff paper rectangles
  • hallsInterior corridors or venues

caller · numbers · jackpot · prizes · B-I-N-G-O · coverall · blackout · patterns · chips · markers

exclamation

eureka

Discovery triumph cry

  • gotchaExclamation upon catching someone
  • successFavorable outcome attained
  • victoryDefeating an opponent

triumph · realization · discovery · breakthrough · aha · jackpot · score · winner · bulls-eye · spot-on

slang

dogs

Domesticated barking mammals

mongrels · rescues · canines · hounds · puppies · doggos · pups

Opposites
GAME OUTCOME (complete vs. incomplete)

bingoslosses

Things subtracted from standing

busts · almosts · blanks · shutouts

SCRABBLE SCORING (using all tiles vs. partial use)

bingospasses

Goes beyond or through

short words · exchanges

SUDDEN REALIZATION (clarity vs. confusion)

bingosblanks

Unfilled spaces on forms

head-scratchers · confusion · bewilderment · stumpers · dead ends

Phrases
Family

bingo, bingoed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G