American Symbols Bingo Card Generator
This American Symbols bingo list has 40 entries, including White House, Flag Day and Flag at half-staff. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Folded flag | Veterans Day | Capitol dome | Constitution | Medal of Honor |
National anthem | In God We Trust | Betsy Ross flag | Liberty Bell | Purple Heart |
Great Seal | Uncle Sam | FREE | Memorial Day | E pluribus unum |
Flag Day | Bald eagle | Thirteen arrows | Statue of Liberty | Fifty stars |
Olive branch | Declaration | Liberty torch | Fort McHenry | Lincoln Memorial |
Free: up to 30 different cards per set. Pro: up to 1,000.
Free sets stop at 30 different cards. Your 30 cards are ready to print or download now.
Pro ($19 one-time) opens soon: up to 1,000 different cards per set and 2 or 4 cards on a PDF page. No payment is taken now.
Edit words (40)
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.
Updated
About American Symbols bingo
American Symbols Bingo is built for kindergarten to third-grade civics: 40 squares covering the flag (“Fifty stars”, “Thirteen stripes”), the “Great Seal” and its “Olive branch” and “Thirteen arrows”, the national mottos, and national emblems such as the “American bison”, the “Rose” and the “Oak tree”. ESL classes use it to learn the words behind pictures they see every day.
On a 5x5 card with a free center, American Symbols bingo shows 24 of the 40 entries, so each one lands on about 60% of the cards: in a set of 30, Bald eagle or American flag appears on roughly 18 cards. Card 1 leaves out 16 of them, including American flag, Jefferson Memorial and Thirteen stripes, so no single card can mark everything.
Play it like classic bingo: one person reads the 40 entries in the shuffled order of the caller sheet, everyone marks matching squares, and a full row, column or diagonal wins.
All 40 American Symbols bingo words
Every entry from American bison to White House, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop Flag Day if it does not suit your group, or add your own.
- A: American bison, American flag
- B: Bald eagle, Betsy Ross flag, Broken chains
- C: Capitol dome, Constitution
- D: Declaration
- E: E pluribus unum
- F: Fifty stars, Flag at half-staff, Flag Day, Folded flag, Fort McHenry
- G: Great Seal
- I: In God We Trust, Independence Day
- J: Jefferson Memorial
- L: Liberty Bell, Liberty torch, Lincoln Memorial
- M: Medal of Honor, Memorial Day, Mount Rushmore
- N: National anthem
- O: Oak tree, Olive branch
- P: Pledge of Allegiance, Presidential seal, Purple Heart
- R: Red white and blue, Rose
- S: Seven-ray crown, Statue of Liberty
- T: Thirteen arrows, Thirteen stripes
- U: Uncle Sam
- V: Veterans Day
- W: Washington Monument, White House
American Symbols bingo at a glance
| Entries | 40 words and phrases |
|---|---|
| Card | 5x5 card with a free center: 24 of the 40 |
| How it is played | A caller reads the shuffled caller sheet |
| Different cards possible | about 3.90 × 10³⁴ (order matters) |
| Different selections | 62,852,101,650 sets of 24 entries |
| Shortest entry | Rose (4 characters) |
| Longest entry | Pledge of Allegiance (20 characters) |
| Multi-word entries | 37 of 40, such as Bald eagle and American flag |
| Good for | Kids, classrooms, ESL lessons and family game nights |
| Category | Social studies & geography (45 themes) |
How long American Symbols bingo lasts
This list was simulated 150 times in random call orders on its first 60 cards. A room of 30 usually has a line by call 12, which is about 2 minutes at 10 seconds a call, and a full card by call 37 of 40.
| Players | First line | Line, 80% range | Blackout | Blackout, 80% range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 players | 14 calls | 10-18 | 38 calls | 36-39 |
| 30 players | 12 calls | 9-15 | 37 calls | 35-38 |
| 60 players | 11 calls | 7-13 | 36 calls | 34-37 |
| 1 card (exact average) | - | - | 39.4 calls | of 40 |
How to host American Symbols bingo
-
Print the American Symbols cards
Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with Folded flag, Veterans Day, Capitol dome, Constitution and Medal of Honor.
-
Print the caller sheet
All 40 entries appear on it in shuffled order, opening with Liberty Bell, Liberty torch, Pledge of Allegiance, Medal of Honor and Betsy Ross flag; tick each one as you read it out.
-
Show the back of a one-dollar bill when you call “Great Seal”, then ask players to spot the “Olive branch” and “Thirteen arrows” before marking those squares later.
-
Teach the Statue of Liberty in parts: call “Liberty torch”, “Seven-ray crown” and “Broken chains” in one round and let children point to each on a picture.
-
For the youngest players, use a 3x3 card and call only the concrete symbols, such as “Bald eagle”, “Liberty Bell” and “American flag”.
-
Call until someone shouts bingo
With 30 cards, expect the first line near call 12 (Red white and blue in this set's order) and a blackout near call 37; check the winner's squares against your ticked list.
American Symbols bingo variations
-
American Symbols variation
Play Show and Tell: when a player marks a square, they may describe where they have seen that symbol, such as “Flag at half-staff” outside a school. A good explanation lets them mark one free neighboring square.
-
Blackout round
Card 1 needs all 24 squares, Folded flag to Lincoln Memorial; on average one card fills after 39.4 of the 40 calls (98% of the deck).
-
Quick 4x4 round
A 4x4 card needs 16 of the 40 entries and no free space; one card is full after about 38.6 calls instead of 39.4.
First 15 calls of this American Symbols set
Seed "us-symbols" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints. With these calls, card 15 of the first 30 completes the diagonal from the top left (Liberty Bell, Liberty torch, Pledge of Allegiance and In God We Trust) on call 10, and card 24 is the first full card on call 37.
| Call | Entry | Cards marked (of 30) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty Bell | 15 of 30 |
| 2 | Liberty torch | 18 of 30 |
| 3 | Pledge of Allegiance | 16 of 30 |
| 4 | Medal of Honor | 13 of 30 |
| 5 | Betsy Ross flag | 19 of 30 |
| 6 | Oak tree | 15 of 30 |
| 7 | Seven-ray crown | 15 of 30 |
| 8 | Veterans Day | 18 of 30 |
| 9 | Lincoln Memorial | 12 of 30 |
| 10 | In God We Trust | 20 of 30 |
| 11 | Flag at half-staff | 20 of 30 |
| 12 | Red white and blue | 18 of 30 |
| 13 | Declaration | 17 of 30 |
| 14 | White House | 20 of 30 |
| 15 | American flag | 15 of 30 |
Themes like American Symbols bingo
US Landmarks bingo is the closest list: it shares 7 entries with this one, such as Jefferson Memorial and Statue of Liberty. For a longer game, paste both lists into the Edit words box; duplicates are removed automatically.
Closest word lists
Frequently asked questions
How many words are on the American Symbols bingo list?
40, from American bison to White House. A 5x5 card with a free center uses 24 of them, so each card leaves out 16. The shortest entry is Rose (4 characters) and the longest is Pledge of Allegiance (20).
Are all American Symbols 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 3.90 × 10³⁴ different arrangements are possible from the 40 entries (62,852,101,650 different selections of 24).
How many American Symbols bingo cards per person?
Usually one. Extra cards speed the game up only a little: on this list a first line took a median 12 calls with 30 cards in play, 11 with 60 (30 players on two cards each) and 14 with just 10. 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 American Symbols bingo take?
An American Symbols game with 30 players usually reaches its first line after 12 calls (9-15 in 80% of simulated games), about 2 minutes at one call every 10 seconds. A blackout takes about 37; with 10 players the first line needs about 14.
Can I print American Symbols 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 “American Symbols Bingo” on top, and the caller sheet lists all 40 entries in this set's shuffled order.
How do I make my own American Symbols bingo cards?
Open Edit words in the generator above: it already holds the 40 entries, one per line. Replace Flag at half-staff 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.
Related
Idea collections with American Symbols bingo
- Bingo for kids 292 lists including American Symbols bingo