Year in Review Bingo Card Generator
This Year in Review bingo list has 42 entries, including Got a pet, Bad haircut and Binged a whole series. A 5x5 card with a free center shows 24 of them, and up to 30 unique cards print free; with 30 players the first line usually comes after about 12 calls, roughly 2 minutes at 10 seconds a call.
| B | I | N | G | O |
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Changed hair color | Kept a plant alive | Took a road trip | Started a new job | Read a great book |
Won a game night | Said yes to something | Saw a sunrise | Met a new baby | New phone |
Quit a bad habit | Binged a whole series | FREE | Cried at a movie | Moved homes |
Bad haircut | Big birthday | Stayed up all night | Got a pet | Went camping |
Learned a new skill | Got a sunburn | Saw a live show | Got a promotion | Tried a new food |
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Edit words (42)
Cards update as you type. Long entries shrink to fit their square; a very long single word is split over two lines with a hyphen (up to 40 characters each). The PDF uses a built-in font: emoji and non-Latin scripts print best with Print cards.
Caller sheet
Every call in a shuffled order. Tick each one as you read it out; the same share link always gives the same order.
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About Year in Review bingo
A look-back bingo card for the last days of December, written in the past tense: started a new job, moved homes, cried at a movie, kept a plant alive, took a road trip. Players mark what really happened to them during the year, which makes it a natural conversation starter for family dinners, team wrap-up calls and New Year's Eve gatherings.
This Year in Review list is 42 entries long and a 5x5 card with a free center takes 24, which leaves 18 off each card. That is why one entry (Learned a new skill, say) appears on about 17 of 30 cards: card 1, for instance, has no Took a big trip or Made a new friend.
The caller reads the 42 entries from a shuffled caller sheet and players mark them; the first complete line (row, column or diagonal) wins.
All 42 Year in Review bingo words
Every entry from Bad haircut to Won a game night, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop Bad haircut if it does not suit your group, or add your own.
- B: Bad haircut, Big birthday, Binged a whole series
- C: Changed hair color, Cried at a movie
- F: Finished a big project, Fixed something
- G: Got a pet, Got a promotion, Got a sunburn, Got lost, Graduated
- H: Hit a goal
- J: Joined a club
- K: Kept a plant alive
- L: Learned a dance, Learned a new skill, Lost my keys
- M: Made a new friend, Mastered a recipe, Met a new baby, Moved homes
- N: New phone
- P: Painted a room
- Q: Quit a bad habit
- R: Ran a race, Read a great book, Reconnected
- S: Said yes to something, Saw a live show, Saw a sunrise, Started a hobby, Started a new job, Stayed up all night
- T: Took a big trip, Took a road trip, Tried a new food
- V: Visited family, Volunteered
- W: Went camping, Went to a wedding, Won a game night
Year in Review bingo at a glance
| Entries | 42 words and phrases |
|---|---|
| Card | 5x5 card with a free center: 24 of the 42 |
| How it is played | A caller reads the shuffled caller sheet |
| Different cards possible | about 2.19 × 10³⁵ (order matters) |
| Different selections | 353,697,121,050 sets of 24 entries |
| Shortest entry | Got lost (8 characters) |
| Longest entry | Finished a big project (22 characters) |
| Multi-word entries | 39 of 42, such as Started a new job and Moved homes |
| Good for | Adults, teens, office parties and family game nights |
| Occasion | New Year's Eve 2026 falls on Thursday, December 31 |
| Category | New Year (9 themes) |
When to play Year in Review bingo
New Year's Eve 2026 falls on Thursday, December 31. At a party on Thursday, December 31, a blackout round with 30 players takes about 6 minutes at 10 seconds a call, so starting it by 11:54 pm ends it near midnight. For an office round, most offices reopen on the first weekday of January, Monday, January 4, 2027: a good day for a fresh-start game.
In 2027 it falls on Friday, December 31. Printing 30 cards at one card per page takes 30 sheets plus the caller sheet, so print a few days ahead and keep the share link (seed "year-in-review") to reprint the same set.
How long Year in Review bingo lasts
150 shuffled call orders, played on the first 60 cards of this set. With 30 players the first line comes after a median 12 calls (about 2 minutes at one call every 10 seconds); the first blackout needs 38 calls (about 6 minutes).
| Players | First line | Line, 80% range | Blackout | Blackout, 80% range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 players | 15 calls | 11-19 | 39 calls | 37-41 |
| 30 players | 12 calls | 9-16 | 38 calls | 36-40 |
| 60 players | 11 calls | 8-14 | 38 calls | 36-39 |
| 1 card (exact average) | - | - | 41.3 calls | of 42 |
How to host Year in Review bingo
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Print the Year in Review cards
Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with Changed hair color, Kept a plant alive, Took a road trip, Started a new job and Read a great book.
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Print the caller sheet
All 42 entries appear on it in shuffled order, opening with Lost my keys, Visited family, Went camping, Got a pet and Cried at a movie; tick each one as you read it out.
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Read every square aloud and let players mark it only if it happened this year; for 'Bad haircut' or 'Lost my keys', ask the first person to mark it for the story.
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On a team call, share the card on screen and keep work squares like 'Got a promotion' optional, so nobody feels pressed to share more than they want.
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Pair it with the goals card: anything a player could not mark, such as 'Ran a race' or 'Joined a club', becomes a candidate goal for next year.
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Call until someone shouts bingo
With 30 cards, expect the first line near call 12 (Read a great book in this set's order) and a blackout near call 38; check the winner's squares against your ticked list.
Year in Review bingo variations
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Year in Review variation
Two truths and a square: each player secretly marks three squares, two true and one invented, and the group guesses which mark is false before revealing; correct guessers mark a bonus square.
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Blackout round
Card 1 needs all 24 squares, Changed hair color to Tried a new food; on average one card fills after 41.3 of the 42 calls (98% of the deck).
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Quick 4x4 round
A 4x4 card needs 16 of the 42 entries and no free space; one card is full after about 40.5 calls instead of 41.3.
First 15 calls of this Year in Review set
Seed "year-in-review" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints. With these calls, card 9 of the first 30 completes the N column (Big birthday, Won a game night, Painted a room and Tried a new food) on call 10, and card 4 is the first full card on call 39.
| Call | Entry | Cards marked (of 30) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost my keys | 20 of 30 |
| 2 | Visited family | 18 of 30 |
| 3 | Went camping | 20 of 30 |
| 4 | Got a pet | 15 of 30 |
| 5 | Cried at a movie | 17 of 30 |
| 6 | Painted a room | 18 of 30 |
| 7 | Tried a new food | 18 of 30 |
| 8 | Big birthday | 20 of 30 |
| 9 | Learned a dance | 19 of 30 |
| 10 | Won a game night | 18 of 30 |
| 11 | Bad haircut | 14 of 30 |
| 12 | Read a great book | 23 of 30 |
| 13 | Binged a whole series | 19 of 30 |
| 14 | Started a new job | 20 of 30 |
| 15 | Went to a wedding | 16 of 30 |
Themes like Year in Review bingo
Ranked by category, occasion and audience; none of them repeats an entry from this list, so pasting two into the Edit words box gives a longer game.
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Frequently asked questions
How many words are on the Year in Review bingo list?
42, from Bad haircut to Won a game night. A 5x5 card with a free center uses 24 of them, so each card leaves out 18. The shortest entry is Got lost (8 characters) and the longest is Finished a big project (22).
Are all Year in Review bingo cards the same?
No. Card 1 and card 2 of this set share 13 of their 24 squares, and every card is checked so none of the 30 in a free set repeats. About 2.19 × 10³⁵ different arrangements are possible from the 42 entries (353,697,121,050 different selections of 24).
How many Year in Review bingo cards per person?
One card each is standard. In 150 simulated games of this list, 30 players on one card each got a first line after a median 12 calls; with two cards each (60 in play) it came after 11, and 10 single cards took 15. Two cards each suit a small group that wants a quicker game. A free set of 30 covers 15 players on two cards each.
How long does Year in Review bingo take?
A Year in Review game with 30 players usually reaches its first line after 12 calls (9-16 in 80% of simulated games), about 2 minutes at one call every 10 seconds. A blackout takes about 38; with 10 players the first line needs about 15.
Can I print Year in Review bingo cards for free?
Yes, up to 30 unique cards per set at no cost and without an account. Pick how many you need, then use Print cards or Download PDF: each card gets its own page with the title “Year in Review Bingo” on top, and the caller sheet lists all 42 entries in this set's shuffled order.
How do I make my own Year in Review bingo cards?
Open Edit words in the generator above: it already holds the 42 entries, one per line. Replace Binged a whole series with something from your own group, add inside jokes or names, and the sample card redraws at once. 5x5 cards need 24 entries or more.
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