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Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers about creating, customizing, printing, and playing bingo.

  1. What is BingoCardsFree.com?

    BingoCardsFree.com is a free online tool that lets anyone create, customize, and print bingo cards for classrooms, parties, and events without registration or cost. It also has a digital caller for playing with paper tickets or on your devices.

  2. Is it really free to use?

    Yes. All features, templates, and downloads on BingoCardsFree.com are completely free. There are no paid tiers or hidden fees.

  3. Do I need to create an account to make bingo cards?

    No registration is required. You can start generating and printing bingo cards instantly. Account is only required if you want to edit your template on a device different than you created it on.

  4. Can I print bingo cards as PDF files?

    Yes. You can generate a printable PDF in letter, legal, or A4 paper size and choose between portrait or landscape layout.

  5. How many bingo cards can I print?

    You can print up to 2000 cards for free. For more cards, please contact us. It is still free.

  6. Can I use my own numbers, words or images on the cards?

    Yes. You can use custom text, numbers, phrases, question-and-answer pairs, or even upload your own images.

  7. Does the generator support different grid sizes?

    Yes. You can choose from 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 9x3 (Tambola/Housie) or custom up to 81 squares (select up to 9 columns and 9 rows).

  8. Can I make bingo cards for education?

    Yes. Many teachers use the site to create subject-based cards such as verbs, adjectives, nouns, or sight words for classroom learning.

  9. Can I play bingo online with friends or students?

    Yes. The site supports both paper and digital play or mix both. You can share a single link or QR code for all players, or unique links for each player.

  10. What is the maximum number of players supported for online play?

    The platform supports thousands of players at once, with streaming for up to 1000 concurrent players.

  11. Can I customize the card colors and fonts?

    Yes. You can adjust background color, border color, padding, transparency, and choose from multiple fonts including decorative and non-English options.

  12. Can I change the title or logo on the bingo card?

    Yes. You can add custom title text or upload your own logo and control its color, background shape, and transparency.

  13. Can I turn the free space on or off?

    Yes. You can choose to include or remove the free space and decide its location, center or corner, with custom text or an image.

  14. Does BingoCardsFree.com work on mobile devices, smart phones, tablets, iPads, desktop, etc?

    Yes. The site is lightweight and compatible with most modern browsers, using only about 43 KB of bandwidth (more if using an image template).

  15. Does BingoCardsFree.com work on old computers and old mobile devices?

    Our site works on old computers and mobile devices with browsers updated within the last 5 years.

  16. How to print in black and white to save ink?

    You can use the Ink Saver option on the Print tab to print in black and white and/or to remove ink-heavy backgrounds. You can also customize the template itself to save ink.

  17. What is the AI generator feature?

    The built-in AI generator can automatically suggest relevant words or phrases based on your chosen theme or event.

  18. Can I randomize or make unique bingo cards?

    Yes. You can generate identical cards for all players or create unique randomized cards for each participant.

  19. Can I save or share my bingo cards online?

    Yes. You can make your cards public or private and share them with others using a generated link.

  20. How do I play with the automatic caller?

    The online caller can automatically draw and announce numbers at set intervals, with options for voice and callout styles.

  21. Can I use BingoCardsFree.com for commercial or group events?

    Yes. You may use the bingo cards for classrooms, community events, family parties, or organizational activities, provided you follow our terms of service.

  22. What background designs are available?

    You can upload your own image or choose from many preset themes such as American-Flag, Baby-Boy, Baby-Girl, Balloons, Birds, Birthday, Bridal, CPU-Day, Cake, Candles, Cat, Cinco-De-Mayo, Cupcakes, Davids-Star, Dollar-Sign, Earth-Day, Eggs, Eid-Mubarak, Emojis-Laughing, Fathers-Day, Fireworks, Floral, Flowers-Roses, Flowers-Spring, Gift-Box, Gift-Boxes, Glass-Cocktail, Glasses-Cocktail, Graduation-Cap, Happy-Birthday, Heart, Hearts, House, Memorial-Day, Mothers-Day, Notebook-College, Notebook-Math, Notebook-Narrow, Notebook-Wide, Party-Hat, Party-Hats, Rabbits, Rose, Solar-Eclipse, Tea-Party, Tree and Trees.

  23. What fonts are available?

    Following fonts are available: Arabella, Courier, CourierPrime, DejaVuSans, DejaVuSerif, FreeSans, FreeSans_Bold, FreeSerif, FreeSerif_Bold, Helvetica, LCD14, MinecartLCD, Montez, Mukta, Mukta_Bold, NotoSans, Pacifico, Parisienne, Roboto, Roboto_Bold and Satisfy.

  24. What title backgrounds are available?

    You can upload your own image or choose from one of the following: Arrow-Left, Arrow-Right, Bowl, Diamond, Hexagon, Hill, Oval, Pillar, Rectangle, Rounded-Bottom, Rounded-Top and Rounded.

  25. What cell backgrounds are available?

    You can upload your own image or choose from one of the following: Callout-1, Circle, Cup-60, Cup-80, Diamond, Egg, Grad-Hat, Heart, Hexagon-1, Hexagon-2, Hill-60, Hill-80, Lego, Octagon, Pentagon-1, Pentagon-2, Rounded, Square, Star-4s60, Star-4s80, Star-4s80a and Star-6s60a.

  26. How to edit a bingo card after saving it?

    You can just modify the card on the device you created on and then save it. To edit it on a different device, you will have to create an account.

  27. How to edit an existing bingo card?

    Just make desired changes and then click on the save as button.

  28. How to generate question-and-answer style bingo cards?

    You can enter question-and-answer pairs so the caller reads the question, and players mark the correct answer on their cards. The question should come first, followed by ? (question mark or some other symbol) and then the answer on the same line. Enter this symbol in the Quiz Mode field so that the generator knows what to do.

  29. Does the site support multiple languages?

    Yes. You can create bingo cards in most languages, including accented or non-Latin scripts such as Spanish, French, Hindi, or Arabic.

  30. Can I mix languages on the same bingo card?

    Yes. You can combine different languages or alphabets on one card, for example for bilingual or language-learning activities.

  31. What is the limit on the number of items I can enter?

    Currently we support 255 items, of which 99 can be images.

  32. How to preview the bingo cards before printing?

    There is a live preview. You can also generate a PDF preview.

  33. How to print multiple cards per page?

    Yes. You can choose between 1 and 16 cards per page. Various layout options are available.

  34. How to generate bingo cards with images and words together?

    You can choose images to have captions or not. You can also add both text and image items and have them appear randomly or serially.

  35. How to share my bingo card publicly for others to use?

    Each template has social media buttons that let you share your bingo card with others.

  36. Can I report errors or suggest new features?

    We love hearing from our visitors. Please contact us.

  37. Is technical support available if I face an issue?

    Yes, you can reach us here for support.

  38. More about field: Template Name

    This is shown at the top of the template and game pages.

  39. More about field: Your Name

    Optional. If this template makes to the front page, you will be credited for creating it.

  40. More about field: Card Title

    Title is shown on top of each bingo card.
    It can be text or an image. If the image is >50kb, then it will be compressed and may lose transparency.

  41. More about field: Quiz Separator

    If words on a line are separated by this text, then:

    • Bingo card will only show the text on the right side of the separator.
    • The PDF call list will show the full text.
    • To disable this feature, clear this field.

  42. More about field: Quiz Board Demo

    Lets you select which side of the quiz separator to show on the calling card just on this page for demo. When printing or playing, calling cards always show the right side only.

  43. More about field: Audio Separator

    If words on a line are separated by this text, then:

    • The text on the right side of the separator will be spoken by the online game play.
    • Bingo card will only show the text on the left side of the separator.
    • The PDF call list will show the full text.
    • To disable this feature, clear this field.

  44. More about field: Grid Items

    Enter numbers, words or phrases, each one on a new line. Up to 255 items are supported.
    Column Mode:
    To specify word lists per column, separate each word list by -c- in a line by itself. Example

  45. More about field: Grid Images

    Support for-

    1. Up to 99 images.
    2. Multiple or Single image upload.
    3. Up to 5 MB file size per image.
    4. You can specify both Grid Items & Grid Images.
    5. Click on the image or label to edit label or delete image.
    6. If background of an image changes to white, either remove the transparency or reduce the image size < 10KB.

  46. More about field: Show Image Labels

    Show Image labels or not on the bingo cards. Image labels are always shown on the calling card.

  47. More about field: Grid Size (Cols x Rows)

    Grid size in Columns x Rows format.

  48. More about field: Free Space Cell

    Free space is usually the center square of the card. It is like a joker or a wild square, and counts towards the winning pattern.

  49. More about field: Free Space Content

    • Shows text or image in the Free Space Cell.
    • Make sure Free Space Cell is not set to "None".
    • To show text, enter text.
    • To show an image instead, click on the button on the right to select an image. If background of the image changes to white, either remove the transparency or reduce the image size to < 10KB.

  50. More about field: Randomize?

    Select Yes to generate unique random cards.
    If No is selected, all cards will have the same text in the same order, which might be useful in educational or quiz settings.

  51. More about field: Max. Font Size

    Font size is automatically downsized to fit text in each cell. This may make font size for shorter texts very large. If you don't like that look, then pick a smaller max. font size to prevent that.

  52. More about field: Title Text Color

    Title text color.
    * Applicable when Card Title is text.

  53. More about field: Title Back Shape

    Title background shape.
    * Requires Title Back Opacity to be > 0%.

  54. More about field: Title Back Opacity

    Title background opacity.
    * Requires Title Back Shape.

  55. More about field: Title Back Color

    Title background shape color.
    * Requires Title Back Shape.
    * Requires Title Back Opacity to be > 0%.

  56. More about field: Title Border Color

    Title background border color.
    * Requires Title Back Shape.
    * Requires Title Back Opacity to be > 0%.

  57. More about field: Cell Text Color

    Grid Text color.

  58. More about field: Cell Back Color

    Grid background color.

  59. More about field: Cell Border Color

    Grid line color.

  60. More about field: Cell Back Shape

    • Background shape for cells.
    • Select a stock image or upload your own custom image.
    • You can use Cell Transparency setting to change how prominently the background shape shows.
    • If you select a shape other than Grid, you may have to increase Cell Padding if you want to fit the text inside the shape.
    • Don't see the selected image?
      Set Cell Transparency <50.

  61. More about field: Cell Padding

    Empty space inside each cell between border and text.

  62. More about field: Cell Spacing

    Space between any 2 cells.

  63. More about field: Cell Transparency

    0% makes grid background opaque. Higher setting makes grid background transparent allowing card background image or card background color to show.

  64. More about field: Card Border Width

    Outside border width.

  65. More about field: Card Border Color

    Card outside border color.
    * Requires Card Border Width > 0%

  66. More about field: Card Border Style

    Yes makes the card corners rounded.

  67. More about field: Card Padding

    Empty space between card border and card contents.

  68. More about field: Card Back Color

    Card background color.

  69. More about field: Card Back Image

    • Background image for the whole card.
    • Select a stock image or upload your own custom image.
    • You can use Grid Transparency setting to change how prominently the image shows behind the grid.
    Don't see the selected image?
    • Set Card Transparency >50.
    • Set Card Border Width >0 or Card Padding >0.
    • Set Cell Transparency >50.

  70. More about field: Card Image Fill

    Select how the background image covers the whole card. You can also choose to repeat the image.

  71. More about field: Card Transparency

    Card image transparency.

  72. More about field: Boogie Mode

    This mode uses rapid animations. It may cause dizziness, nausea, or trigger sensitive individuals. Please use responsibly.

  73. More about field: Visibility

    Public: Anyone can see your card template, including search engines
    Private: Only you can see and edit the card template. You will need to be signed in.
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  74. More about field: Number of Cards

    Number of cards to generate and include in the Full PDF. The Preview button will always generate only 1 card.

  75. More about field: Print Call List

    Select Yes to include call list in the Full PDF.

  76. More about field: Paper Size

    Printer paper size.

  77. More about field: Paper Orientation

    How to print on paper, ie paper orientation. Printed cards might look better one way or the other.

  78. More about field: Cards Per Page (Cols x Rows)

    Arrangement of cards on each page of paper.

  79. More about field: Card Hor. Margin

    Horizontal margin on left and right sides of each card.

  80. More about field: Card Ver. Margin

    Vertical margin on top and bottom sides of each card.

  81. More about field: Ink Saver

    Colors: Removes background to save ink for printing.
    B&W: Removes background & changes colors to black & white to save ink for printing.

  82. More about field: Empty Space

    Select amount of empty space to keep in each cell for participants to write something.
    This feature is also called human bingo, people bingo, social bingo, get-to-know bingo or ice breaker bingo.

  83. More about field: Starting Card Number

    Starting card number. Change if you need to reprint a set of cards starting with a specific card number.
    Note: If this is not 1, then call list (index card) will not be printed.

  84. More about field: Card Header Height

    Header height. Header is shown only when there is 1 or more characters.

  85. More about field: Card Header Text

    Instructions or any other message(s) at the top of each card.

  86. More about field: Card Footer Height

    Footer height. Footer is shown only when there is 1 or more characters.

  87. More about field: Card Footer Text

    Instructions or any other message(s) at the bottom of each card.

  88. More about field: Font

    All fonts support English.
    For non-English support in PDF, please try FreeSans, FreeSerif, DejaVuSans, DejaVuSerif or NotoSans

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