ESL Body Parts Bingo Card Generator
This ESL Body Parts bingo list has 38 entries, including Cheek, Hand and Hip. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Neck | Arm | Face | Toe | Hip |
Eye | Mouth | Leg | Cheek | Heel |
Lips | Elbow | FREE | Bone | Chin |
Wrist | Knee | Eyebrow | Hair | Heart |
Head | Hand | Fingernail | Forehead | Nose |
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Edit words (38)
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 ESL Body Parts bingo
ESL Body Parts Bingo runs from the head down, with “Hair”, “Eyebrow” and “Forehead”, through “Elbow”, “Wrist” and “Thumb”, to “Ankle”, “Heel” and “Toe”, plus a few inside words like “Bone”, “Heart” and “Brain”. It suits young learners who learn best by pointing and moving, and adult beginners preparing for a visit to the doctor.
On a 5x5 card with a free center, ESL Body Parts bingo shows 24 of the 38 entries, so each one lands on about 63% of the cards: in a set of 30, Head or Hair appears on roughly 19 cards. Card 1 leaves out 14 of them, including Eyelash, Ear and Tooth, so no single card can mark everything.
Play it like classic bingo: one person reads the 38 entries in the shuffled order of the caller sheet, everyone marks matching squares, and a full row, column or diagonal wins.
All 38 ESL Body Parts bingo words
Every entry from Ankle to Wrist, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop Hand if it does not suit your group, or add your own.
- A: Ankle, Arm 💪
- B: Back, Bone 🦴, Brain 🧠
- C: Cheek, Chest, Chin
- E: Ear 👂, Elbow, Eye 👁️, Eyebrow, Eyelash
- F: Face, Finger ☝️, Fingernail, Foot 🦶, Forehead
- H: Hair, Hand ✋, Head, Heart 🫀, Heel, Hip
- K: Knee
- L: Leg 🦵, Lips
- M: Mouth 👄
- N: Neck, Nose 👃
- S: Shoulder, Skin, Stomach
- T: Thumb 👍, Toe, Tongue 👅, Tooth 🦷
- W: Wrist
ESL Body Parts bingo at a glance
| Entries | 38 single words |
|---|---|
| Card | 5x5 card with a free center: 24 of the 38 |
| How it is played | A caller reads the shuffled caller sheet |
| Different cards possible | about 6.00 × 10³³ (order matters) |
| Different selections | 9,669,554,100 sets of 24 entries |
| Shortest entry | Arm (3 characters) |
| Longest entry | Fingernail (10 characters) |
| Picture squares | 15 of 38 entries have a symbol, e.g. 👁️ Eye, 👂 Ear, 👃 Nose |
| Good for | ESL lessons, kids, classrooms and preschoolers |
| Category | Language arts & ESL (61 themes) |
How long ESL Body Parts 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 35 calls (about 6 minutes).
| Players | First line | Line, 80% range | Blackout | Blackout, 80% range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 players | 14 calls | 10-17 | 36 calls | 34-37 |
| 30 players | 12 calls | 8-14 | 35 calls | 33-36 |
| 60 players | 10 calls | 7-13 | 34 calls | 33-36 |
| 1 card (exact average) | - | - | 37.4 calls | of 38 |
How to host ESL Body Parts bingo
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Print the ESL Body Parts cards
Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with Neck, Arm, Face, Toe and Hip.
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Print the caller sheet
All 38 entries appear on it in shuffled order, opening with Hair, Neck, Hand, Stomach and Forehead; tick each one as you read it out.
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Ask everyone to touch the body part before they mark it, so “Elbow”, “Wrist” and “Ankle” are learned with a movement as well as a word.
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Mention irregular plurals when you call “Tooth” and “Foot”: ask the class for “teeth” and “feet” before moving on to the next square.
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For adult classes, call short sentences such as “My knee hurts” or “I cut my finger” and let players find the body part, as they would at a clinic.
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Call until someone shouts bingo
With 30 cards, expect the first line near call 12 (Lips in this set's order) and a blackout near call 35; check the winner's squares against your ticked list.
ESL Body Parts bingo variations
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ESL Body Parts variation
Simon-says bingo: the caller gives an action like “Touch your chin” or “Wiggle your toe”, and players mark the square only if the caller first said “Simon says”.
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Blackout round
Card 1 needs all 24 squares, Neck to Nose; on average one card fills after 37.4 of the 38 calls (99% of the deck).
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Picture bingo for pre-readers
Use 3x3 cards with the 15 entries that have a symbol, such as Eye, Ear and Nose.
First 15 calls of this ESL Body Parts set
Seed "esl-body-parts" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints. With these calls, card 1 of the first 30 completes the diagonal from the top left (Neck, Mouth, Hair and Nose) on call 10, and card 12 is the first full card on call 36.
| Call | Entry | Cards marked (of 30) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hair | 21 of 30 |
| 2 | Neck | 19 of 30 |
| 3 | Hand ✋ | 20 of 30 |
| 4 | Stomach | 19 of 30 |
| 5 | Forehead | 18 of 30 |
| 6 | Eye 👁️ | 22 of 30 |
| 7 | Chin | 21 of 30 |
| 8 | Mouth 👄 | 21 of 30 |
| 9 | Thumb 👍 | 13 of 30 |
| 10 | Nose 👃 | 18 of 30 |
| 11 | Arm 💪 | 17 of 30 |
| 12 | Lips | 16 of 30 |
| 13 | Knee | 18 of 30 |
| 14 | Foot 🦶 | 19 of 30 |
| 15 | Heel | 21 of 30 |
Themes like ESL Body Parts 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.
Frequently asked questions
How many words are on the ESL Body Parts bingo list?
38, from Ankle to Wrist. A 5x5 card with a free center uses 24 of them, so each card leaves out 14. The shortest entry is Arm (3 characters) and the longest is Fingernail (10).
Are all ESL Body Parts bingo cards the same?
No. Card 1 and card 2 of this set share 15 of their 24 squares, and every card is checked so none of the 30 in a free set repeats. About 6.00 × 10³³ different arrangements are possible from the 38 entries (9,669,554,100 different selections of 24).
How many ESL Body Parts 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 10, and 10 single cards took 14. Two cards suit adults who want a faster game; young children do best with one. A free set of 30 covers 15 players on two cards each.
How long does ESL Body Parts bingo take?
An ESL Body Parts game with 30 players usually reaches its first line after 12 calls (8-14 in 80% of simulated games), about 2 minutes at one call every 10 seconds. A blackout takes about 35; with 10 players the first line needs about 14.
Can I print ESL Body Parts bingo cards for free?
Yes. The generator above makes up to 30 cards (5x5 cards with a free center) from the 38 entries; Print cards sends them to your printer and Download PDF saves one card per page, so 30 cards take 30 pages plus the caller sheet. It all runs in your browser with no sign-up.
How do I make my own ESL Body Parts bingo cards?
Open Edit words in the generator above: it already holds the 38 entries, one per line. Replace Hip 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.
Is there a picture version of ESL Body Parts bingo?
15 of the 38 entries have a picture symbol (👁️ Eye, 👂 Ear, 👃 Nose, 👄 Mouth). Print 3x3 cards with symbol entries such as Tooth and Tongue for children who cannot read yet; symbols show on screen and in browser printing.
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