Start with your own words
Good party bingo runs on words your guests recognize: the guest of honor, the occasion, the inside jokes. Generic squares feel like a worksheet; your words feel like the party. Write more words than a single card needs, so every card can be a different shuffle of the same list.
- For a 4x4 card, write at least sixteen words; more gives more variety
- Mix occasion words with personal ones, like a name or a hometown
- Keep each word short enough to read across a room
Pick a grid size
The grid sets how long the game runs. A 3x3 card fills fast and suits kids or a quick round. A 4x4 is the standard party game. A 5x5 with a free center runs longest and wants the most words.
- 3x3: eight words, a quick game
- 4x4: sixteen words, the usual choice
- 5x5: twenty-four words and a free center, the longest game
Give every guest a different card
This is the part free makers skip. If everyone holds the same board, the game ends the moment two people match. Festafetti shuffles your words into a different card for every guest, up to 200, so the game runs until someone truly fills a line.
You type the words once. Festafetti does the shuffling, the layout, and the imposition, two cards to a sheet on US Letter.
The short version
Write more words than one card needs, pick a grid size for the age and the time you have, and give every guest a different card. Festafetti turns your word list into a print-ready pack with a unique board per guest.