| Blackout | A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win. Also called coverall. |
| Bingo booklets | A specific number of different colored bingo sheets all containing the same number of faces (ON's) bound together to be played one for each game at a bingo session. They are arranged in the order in which they will be played. |
| Caller | The person (or machine) who calls out the bingo numbers. |
| Card | Your playing card, of course! |
| Chat room | A screen displayed alongside your game where you can type in messages to other players and read their responses. |
| Colors | The color of each sheet in your bingo book. |
| Cut | The direction in which a sheet of faces will be cut from the master sheet. (Square, horizontal, or vertical) |
| Face | Is the individual bingo sheet which include 24 numbers plus the free space in the middle |
| Early bird game | A bingo game that starts before another regularly scheduled game. |
| Free space | The middle square of the card. You get it free every game and it counts towards your winning pattern. |
| Game board | The display board over your cards that shows you the balls in play. |
| Game room | Some online games divide the players into game rooms. The smaller group makes a more manageable chat room. |
| Jackpot | A big prize usually awarded for achieving a difficult pattern (such as a blackout) within a specified number of balls. |
| Number of booklets per set | The number of faces per page. |
| On | Refers to the number of bingo faces per sheet. A 6 ON would have 6 faces per sheet |
| Pattern | You only need the numbers that form the pattern to win the game. The most basic patterns are straight lines in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction. One popular pattern is the "blackout" or "coverall" where you have to cover the whole card to win. |
| Series | indicates the number of unique faces that a single set will contain. For example: a 9000 SERIES has 9000 unique faces |
| Set | 9000 bingo faces numbered in sequence and all one color |
| Up | Refers to number of sheets that are used to make your book. For example, 6 UP indicates that the book has 6 sheets of bingo pap |
