WORLD SERIES OF CORNHOLE
GLOSSARY
Popular Cornhole terms and their definitions
When a player tosses a bag and it goes directly into the hole without touching the cornhole board.
Any of the number of violations that occur while playing. See the rules page for a full list of foul violations.
A bag resting directly behind the hole which stops other bags from sliding off the back.
When a player makes all four bags into the hole in one inning
A bag that comes to rest direcly in front of the hole and blocks other bags from sliding into the hole.
A bag that is on the board, but partially hanging into the hole or off the side of the board.
The most popular scoring method for cornhole games in which each team's points cancel each other out.
Each round in which all players toss all four of their bags.
When a bag pushes another bag that was already onto the board, into the hole.
A tossed bag that goes into the hole worth 3 points.
A bag that lands on the bottom of the board and slides all the way up the board into the hole.
A bag that hits the ground before bouncing onto the board. This is a dead bag and players should see the non-impacting bag and impacting bag rules on the rule page.
A tossed bag that lands and stays on top of the cornhole board worth 1 point.
Individuals play alone on a team against another individual on a separate team.
Two players are on one cornhole team.
3-8 players per team competing in a match play structure.
Cornhole game structure where 6 games are played, each game is worth a predetermined match point score. At the end of the 6 games, a team wins by scoring all 21 match points.