Cornhole Terminology

 

The following is a list of terms commonly used in cornhole:

• Ace or cow pie: A bag lands on the board, which is worth one point.

• Altamira: A bag that goes "nothing but hole" even though there is a "blocker" and "backstop" (in reference to entering a cave of the same name)

• Back door or Dirty Rollup: A cornhole that goes over the top of a blocker and into the hole.

• Backstop: A bag that lands past the cornhole but remains on the board creating a backboard for a slider to knock into without going off the board.

• Blocker: An ace that lands in front of the hole, essentially blocking the hole from sliders.

• Cornado: When a player dominates a game in such a way that they destroy everyone in their wake.

• Cornament: A cornhole tournament

• Cornfusion: When players or teams cannot agree on the scoring of a given inning.

• Cornhole or Drāno: A bag that falls in the hole, which is worth three points. The alternative name is a reference to a trademark, that of a sink clog clearing product.

• Cornstar: A person who defines supreme confidence, nearly divine ability, and a frequent disregard for authority.

• Dirty bag: A bag that is on the ground or is hanging off the board touching the ground.

• Grasshopper: A bag that bounces off the grass or ground and lands on the board for a point.

• Screaming Eagle: A bag that goes beyond the board without hitting the board.

• Gusher, Jumanji, double deuce, Cornholio, Catorce Four Bagger or Four Pack: Four cornholes by a single player in a single round.

• Hammer: The last bag tossed each round. (Curling uses the same term for the last stone thrown in an end.)

• Hanger or Shook: An ace on the lip of the hole ready to drop.

• Honors: The team who tosses first, resulting from the team scoring last.

• Hooker: A bag hitting the board and hooking or curving around a blocker and going in the hole.

• Jumper: A bag that strikes another bag on the board causing it to jump up into the cornhole.

• Leprechaun: When a player attains all four bags onto the board without getting any into the hole.

• Nothing But Hole: An expression that means the bag passed through the cornhole without touching the rim.

• Police: The cornhole referee.

• Romanyk: When a player sinks all four bags in a row. "Menage a Manyk" Is when the Romanyk is completed back to back

• Sally: A toss that is thrown too weakly and lands on the ground before reaching the board.

• Shucker: When a player pitches a bag and it strikes an opposing players bag knocking it off the board.

• Skunk, whitewash or shutout: A game that, by some rules, ends in an 11–0 score.

• Slider: A cornhole that slides into the hole.

• Swish: A bag that goes directly in the hole without touching the board.