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Bingo cards
Lays out cards from a list of your own, no two of them the same.
It runs entirely in this browser tab: the seed is what makes a draw repeatable, nothing is uploaded, and no list you paste is stored anywhere.
What it takes
One item on each line.
An example
You're on mute
Can everyone see my screen?
Let's take that offline
Circle back
Quick sync
Sorry, go ahead
Dog barking
Doorbell
Frozen screen
Can you repeat that?
Let's park it
Action item
Low bandwidth
Wrong window shared
Let's be mindful of time
Any questions?
I'll follow up by email
Deep dive
Touch base
Moving forward
Synergy
Bio break
Who just joined?
I think you're frozen
Next slide please
Settings
- Grid size
- Five by five is the usual card. A number from 3 to 6.
- Cards
- A number from 1 to 60.
- Free middle square
- One square everybody has, on an odd-sized grid.
- Caller's order
- The whole list in a drawn order, for whoever calls the game.
- Square width
- Longer phrases are cut at a word, not in the middle of one. A number from 8 to 24.
- Seed
- A word or a number gives the same draw every time. Empty draws a fresh one and shows it.
How to use it
- Paste your text into the box above, or open a file.
- Adjust the settings beside it until the result is what you wanted.
- Copy the result, or save it as a file. The result updates as you type.
Questions
- Can I get the same draw again?
- Yes, and that is the point of the seed. Type a word or a number into it and the answer is the same every time; share the link and everybody gets that draw. A fresh draw shows the seed it used, so you can pin one you liked after the fact.
- Is this random enough for a prize draw?
- For a raffle among friends, yes. For anything where somebody could gain by predicting it, no: this is an ordinary pseudorandom generator and anybody who sees one of its draws can work out the others. It says so on every result.
- Is anything I paste in stored?
- No. The list you paste stays in this tab, and in the link if you choose to share one. There is no account, no server and no history kept anywhere.
- Why are the built-in lists English?
- Because a translated list is a different list. A question that works in a room, a joke team name, a pet name — each is written by somebody who speaks the language rather than copied through a table. The interface speaks thirteen languages; where a list matters, the tool takes yours.
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