A guide to Bingo calls: Numbers 61 – 80

With the ever-advancing technology and digital world we live in, Bingo has gone from a game only played in person, to now being available on virtual platforms.

Players around the globe can now grab a game of such a classic, wherever they find themselves in the world, streamed via a strong internet connection to a device of their choice.

With every game of Bingo played, you’re bound to hear a call or two – so we thought, what better time than to explore the Bingo calls of numbers 61 – 80!

Will any of these calls be heard when you next play Bingo online?

• Bakers Bun

A phrase that rhymes with 61.

• Tickety-boo

A phrase that rhymes with 62, as well as being slang for ‘good’ or ‘going well’ in the UK.

• Tickle me

A phrase that rhymes with 63.

• Red raw

A phrase that almost rhymes with 64, but has stood the test of time and stuck.

• Old age pension

The previous retirement age in the UK used to be 65, and marked the year you could start receiving your pension.

• Clickety click

A phrase that not only rhymes with 66, but sounds like a train steaming down the track.

• Stairway to heaven

A phrase that rhymes with 67.

• Pick a mate

A phrase that rhymes with 68. When this is called, some players look at their Bingo friend.

• Any way up

This call refers to the fact number 69 looks the same even when turned upside down.

• Three scores and ten

Some know 20 as a score. Three lots of 20 is 60, plus 10 is 70.

• Bang the drum

A phrase that rhymes with 71.

• Six dozen

12 is also known as a dozen. Six 12s (dozens) are 72.

• Queen bee

A phrase that rhymes with 73, whilst also paying homage to the bees found up and down the UK.

• Hit the floor

A phrase that rhymes with 74, whilst also referring to the dance scene of the UK.

• Strive and strive

A phrase that rhymes with 75.

• Trombones

Pays homage to the song 76 Trombones from the musical The Music Man.

• Two little crutches

Refers to the idea that two sevens look like a pair of crutches.

• 39 more steps

Refers to the British filmmaker – Alfred Hitchcock – movie, The 39 steps.

• One more time

A phrase that rhymes with 79.

• Eight and blank

This refers to the fact that 80 is made up of the numbers eight and zero. Zero is another word for nothing or blank.

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Now that you know a few more Bingo calls used UK Bingo halls and clubs, as well as online – will you be playing a game or two of Bingo any time soon?