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Numbers 



   
One Two Three Four
Five Six Seven Eight
Nine Ten Eleven Twelve
Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen
Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty
Twenty five Thirty Thirty five  
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0
 
Zero None
Nought Nil
Oh Love
Cipher Zilch
Infinitesimal  Duck
Clean sheet Blank
‘00’ = licence to kill Nix
Maiden over Nothing
Zero hour Not used in Roman numerals
Misere Wipe-out

1
 
Ace Unit(y)
First square number First cube number
Specific gravity of water Mach one - speed of sound
Atomic weight of hydrogen Atomic number of hydrogen
One eyed Jacks Number One (1st Lt. in Navy)
Solo (alone) Snooker red ball value
Cell in an Amoeba  
One
 
One Nation One in the eye
One of these days..... One of those days (things)
One foot in the grave One .... short of a ......
One hit wonder One over the eight
One small step for man One giant leap for mankind
One for the pot One for the road
One night stand One armed bandit
One horse town One track mind
One man band One-upmanship
One stop shopping One for his nob (crib)
One off the wrist One man and his dog
One eyed trouser snake One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
One degree under One-step (dance)
One-parent family One-liner
One a penny, ………. hot cross buns  One and all
One too many for me One-eyed Jacks
One swallow does not make a summer One Above (God)
One and two (DJ's turntables) One cheek squeek
One eyed monster (television) One finger salute
One man, one vote One of our aircraft is missing
One way ticket The old one-two
The one that got away All in one
Go one better Hole in one
Just one Cornetto Number One (First Lt)
No 1 - Thomas the Tank Engine Put one on you
It takes one to know one  

2
 
Deuce Pair
Couple Twin
Duo Duet
First even number Binary base
Pints in a Quart Gallons in a peck
Teaspoons in a tablespoonful Two bits = a quarter
Tablespoons in a dessertspoonful Stirling Moss
Tablets of stone (Moses) Cupsful in a pint
2LO - London’s 1st call sign Oars for a sculler
Humps on a Bactrian Camel Strings to one’s bow
Persons to be joined in Holy Matrimony  Wings on a biplane
Snooker yellow ball value Croquet team
Conversion points (Rugby Union) Cannon score (billiards)
Two 
 
Two hairs past a freckle Two tone horn
Two minute silence Two lovely black eyes 
Two by two Two Gentlemen of Verona
Two’s company Two for tea
Two heads are better than one Two way family favourites
Two eyes of Greece (Athens & Sparta) Two ton Tessie (O’Shea)
Twopenny Opera Two Sicilies
Two peas in a pod  Two Eyes of Greece 
Two penny tube (Central Line) Two-step (dance)
Two-Tone (record label) Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
Two’s company……  Two-bit 
Two can play at that game Two dog night (to keep warm)
Two cents' worth/two penn'oth (express opinion)  
In two shakes of a lamb's tail Just two ticks
Thick as two short planks It takes two to tango
The Tamworth Two Put two and two together 
Volunteer is worth two pressed men  Number two (defecation) 
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

3
 
Trey Prial
Trinity Triad
Feet in a yard Miles in a league
Cardinal virtues Legs on a Tripod
Kingdoms in nature Inalienable rights
Peaks on a tricorn hat Heads of Cerberus
Primary colours Secondary colours
Colours on a traffic light ‘3 D’ (or dimensional)
Wheels on a Reliant Robin Witches on the Blasted Heath
Divisions of the Football League Norns (Norse mythology)
Minutes in a round at boxing Holes in a ten pin bowl
‘Eyes’ on a coconut Balls in billiards
Strikes in a turn at conkers Ossicles in the ear
Green ball value (snooker) Strikes and out in baseball
Sides of a triangle Wings on a triplane
Legs on a trivet Books in a trilogy
Gods in tri-theism Pictures in a triptych
Men in a Triumvir Subjects in a Tripos
Legs on a Triskelion Lobes on a trifoil
Stripes in a tricoleur Spikes on a trident
Trigon (Astrology) Holes in a ten pin bowling ball
Wheels on a tricycle (trike) Scruples in a dram
Little maids from school (The Mikado)  
Golden balls of Lombardy (hence pawnbrokers)
Three
 
Three blind mice Three Men in a Boat
Three men on the Bummell Three ring circus
Three point turn Three cheers
Three wishes Three-legged race
Three-ply  Three ‘R’s
The Three Graces Three Fates
Three Furies Three Harpies
Three Virtues Three little pigs
The Three Stooges Three coins in the fountain
Three phase electricity Three star general
Three sheets in the wind Three’s a crowd
Three of a kind The Three Musketeers
Three Counties Show Three Degrees (group)
Three Mile Island Three bags full
Three-day eventing Three mile limit (territorial waters)
Three tailors of Tooley Street Three-day measles (rubella)
Three Kings’ Day (12th Day) Three Wise Men (or Kingsoforientar)
Three Estates Three cornered fight (election)
Three-gaited (horse) Three line whip (parliament)
Threesome Three point turn
Three Choirs Festival Three Gorgons
Three field system (crop rotation) Three tongues
Three decker (warship) Three legged mare (the gallows)
Three acres and a cow (Collings) Three times three (Hip Hip Hooray)
Rule of three Two’s company, three’s a crowd
Adventure of the Three Garridebs Adventure of the 3 Students
Christ denied three times by Peter Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Menage a trois (three in the kitchen) Triple thread of Brahmanism
The three F’s League of the three Emperors
Adventure of the Three Gables (Holmes) Three pegs for the Tower of Hanoi
Battle of the three Emperors (Austerlitz) Three dog night

4
 
Rods in a chain Nips in a bottle
Pecks in a bushel Corners on a Square
Quarts in a Gallon Quarters in a Cwt
Roods in an acre Gills in a pint
Firkins in a barrel Hogsheads in a tun
Inches in a hand (height of horses) Chambers in the human heart
Quadrants in a circle Balls to walk in baseball
Cardinal points on a compass Gospels in the New Testament
Grand Slam tennis tournaments Balls in Croquet
A Boundary in cricket Suits in a pack of cards
Seasons in the year Sides in a quadrilateral
Faces on a tetrahedron Quarter days
Laps in a speedway heat Stomachs for most ruminants
Number in a polo team Number in a curling team
Tastes Kings of a French pack
Beatles Bases on a baseball field
Strings on a violin (base guitar) Tetrad (4 letters e.g. JHVH)
Snooker brown ball value  
Four
 
Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Four in hand Gang of Four (Social Democrats)
Four leaf clover Four poster bed
Four letter word Four stroke (engine)
Four rivers of Paradise Unit Four plus Two (group)
Four in the morning Four Marys (Mary Stewart’s companions)
Four of a kind Four star petrol
Four Pennies (group) Four Seasons (the group)
Four Tops (group) Four ale bar (the cheapest)
Four colour problem (maths) Four eyes (wearer of specs)
Four corners of the Earth Four minute mile
Four freedoms (FD Roosevelt) Four last things
Foursome Four-leaf clover
Foursquare Four minute men (hence "minuteman")
Four-plus cover (advertising) Four colour process (printing)
On all fours Sign of Four (Holmes)
Four-ball (golf) Four ale (4d a pint)
Four letter (****) man Grand Slam = 4 runs on one hit in baseball
Old fourlegs (the Coelacanth) Annals of the four masters

5
 
Years (etc) in a Pentad Events in a pentathlon
ml (or cc) in a teaspoon Carats in a gram
Snooker blue ball value Red five - Nigel Mansell
K’s of Sikhism Olympic Rings
Members of the Long Parliament Points of Calvinism
Wits (Shakespeare) Five pounds = Lady Godiva
Points on a Pentangle Points for a Try
Vowels in the alphabet Great Lakes
Coins per player in shove ha’penny  Senses
Tentacles on a starfish D Day beaches
Points on a pentangle Sides to a pentagon
Books in the Pentateuch Cents in a nickel
Classics in horseracing  Victims of Jack the Ripper
Permanent members of the UN Security Council Number in a basketball team
Pillars of Islam Lines in a Limerick
Minutes to look for a lost golf ball  
Seconds for the tape to destruct in Mission Impossible
Five
 
Fivepins (Canadian game) Fives (the game)
Five and dime store Five finger exercise
Five finger discount Five in the South (craps)
Five-a-side football Five-o’clock shadow
Five finger exercise Five Nations (Kipling)
Five loaves and two fishes Five boys chocolate (Fry’s)
Five mile high club Five Star (hotel and group)
Five guys named Moe Five year plan
Five card trick Five little pigs went to market
Five alive (Short Circuit) Fiver
Bunch of fives Fireball XL5
Take five Dave Clark Five
Jackson Five The Famous Five (Enid Blyton)
"I’ll give it foive" (Janice Nicholls) The five towns (Arnold Bennett)
Full fathom five... (Tempest)  Five loaves (+ two fishes) to feed the 5,000
Radio Five Live Five Nations (American Indians)
Five-stones (jacks) Five-faced bishop (moschatel)
Five year plan (USSR) Five Orange Pips (Holmes)
Five-spot (5 dollar bill) Five Classic Orders of Architecture
Five Mile Act How many beans make five?
Hawaii 5-0 5% (Black radical group)

6
 
First perfect number Firkins in a hogshead
Balls in an over Wives of Henry VIII
Pockets on a snooker (pool) table Strings on a guitar
Boundary (without bouncing) Pence in a ‘tanner’
Sides in a hexagon Faces to a cube
Faces on a dice Insects’ legs
Counties of N.Ireland States of Australia
Feet in a fathom Points on the Star of David
Players in a sextet Pips in the GMT signal
Games in a set at tennis Days to make heaven and earth
Greyhounds in a race (UK) Least number of darts for 301
Coloured balls in snooker Characters in Cluedo
Members of a volleyball team Weapons in Cluedo
Members of an ice hockey team Stumps in a game of cricket
Brownie guide division Cub scout division
Snooker pink ball value Archangels of the Bible
Touchdown in American Football  
Six
 
Six shooter Six Five Special
Six of the best Six Day War (1967)
Number Six (The Prisoner) ‘Les Six’ - French composers
Coach and six Sixer = Cub leader
Six of one and half a dozen of the other  Adventure of the Six Napoleons (Holmes)
Six stringed whip Tom Mix (at darts)
Six Nations (American Indians) Knock someone for six
Six foot way (between railway tracks)  Six-pack
The Six Articles At sixes and sevens
‘The Six’ - original members of the Common Market Six hooped pot (2 quarts)
The Six Clerks’ Office (the Court of Chancery) Six and eight (straight) 
Six feet under Six pack (paramilitary punishment)
Six up! (warning to drug users) Six and four (adulterated heroin)

7
 
Ages of man Colours in a rainbow
Hills of Rome (and Sheffield) Deadly sins
Days in a week Dwarfs
Wonders of the Ancient World Continents
Sides in a heptagon Champions of Christendom
Snooker black ball value Corporal works of mercy
‘Sides’ on a fifty pence piece ‘Sides’ on a twenty pence piece
Days of creation Joys (and sorrows) of Mary
Sacraments  Sum of the spots on opposite sides of a dice
Gold medals for Mark Spitz at Munich (1972)  Spiritual works of mercy
Snooker ball colours (excl. white) Members of a netball team
Members of a handball team Members of a kabaddi team
Fathers of the Church Doctors Who
Seas Liberal Arts
Members of a water polo team Branches on a Menorah
Loaves (+ a few fishes) to feed the 4,000 Baskets used to collect food for the 4,000
Years bad luck for a broken mirror Wise Masters
Voyages of Sinbad 7 Up 
Seven
 
Seven Virtues Seven Years War (Germany)
Seven Samurai Seven Seas of Rye (Queen)
Seven Sleepers (Biblical) Seven against Thebes
Seven Year Itch Seven ages of man (Shakespeare)
Seven Sisters (Pleiades) Seven Sisters (chalk cliffs in Sussex)
Seven Weeks War (Austria/Prussia) Seven plagues of Angels (Revelations)
The Magnificent Seven Blake’s Seven
The ‘Seven’ (original EFTA) The Temperance Seven (group)
Dance of the seven veils (Salome) Seven eleven (fine - from craps)
KAL 007 Jumbo shot down by Russia  The Seven Deacons
Knock seven bells (out of someone) Seven Seas (Kipling)
Seven Weeks War (Austria v Prussia) Seven Sages
Seven segment display (electronic number display)  Seven wonders of the Middle Ages
At sixes and sevens  Island of Seven Cities (mythical – Spain)
Seven stone weakling Seveners (the Isma’ilis)
Seven maids with seven mops (Alice thru’ looking Glass)
Seven Dials (Holborn) (also slang for haemorrhoids)

8
 
Octal base Spans in a fathom
Stone in a Cwt Drachms in an ounce
Furlongs in a mile Notes (tones) in an octave
Pints in a gallon Bushels in a quarter
Members in a tug of war team Quarts in a peck
Octopus’ tentacles Spider’s legs
Bits in a byte (8 bit) ‘Pieces of eight’ (parrot, Treasure Island)
Faces on an octahedron Sides to an octagon
Corners on a cube Rowers in a boat race crew
Points on a Maltese Cross Greyhounds in a race (US)
People on Noah’s Ark 8mm cine
Pawns each in chess Cord feet in a cord (timber)
Lanes in an Olympic swimming pool Baby’s in a bottle
Eight 
 
Eight ball (pool) Behind the eight ball
Eight to the bar (boogie) ‘arry Tate
One over the eight Butterfield Eight (Elizabeth Taylor)

9 
 
Square feet in a square yard Inches in a span (not precise)
Gallons in a firkin Sides in a nonagon
Heads on a Hydra Months of pregnancy
Skittles Rivers of Hell
Orders of Angels Muses
Planets in the Solar System Rooms in Cluedo
Holes in bar billiards Inches wide for cricket stumps
Highest possible card in a ‘Yarborough’ Beethoven symphonies
Innings in a baseball match Points for game in squash
Types of crown (heraldry) Nones - the ninth day before the ides
Members of a baseball team Members of a rounders team
Members of a softball team Members of a kho kho team
Worthies Worthies of London
Marks of Cadency (Heraldry) Times out of ten
Nine
 
Nine Lives Nine points of the law (possession)
Nine carat gold Nine Men’s Morris
Queer as a nine bob note 9 mm Browning
Cat o’ nine tails (nine tail bruiser) Ninepins
Nine of Diamonds - the curse of Scotland  The whole nine yards
Nine yard sari Nine Days Queen (Lady Jane Gray)
Nine days wonder Nine Tailors (maketh the man)
Dressed up to the nines Novena (nine days of prayer)
Look nine ways (squint) Nice as ninepence (ninepins)
Nimble as ninepence Ninepence to a shilling (simple)
Right as ninepence Nine to five(er)
Nine ways from breakfast Cloud nine

10
 
Base for arithmetic Decimal base
Chains in a furlong Years in a decade
Cables in a nautical mile (UK) Square chains in an acre
Legs on a lobster, crab, shrimp 10! (Bo Derek)
Degrees of hardness (Mohs) Avatars of Vishnu
Sides in a decagon Faces to a decahedron
Fingers and toes Events in a decathlon
Commandments Plagues of Egypt
Cards per player in Gin Years for the max US Presidency
Hurdles in the 100m and 400m Mr 10%
10 cc (group)  10, Downing Street
Members of a men’s lacrosse team Cents in a dime
The ‘perfect number’ (according to Pythagoras) Pins for a strike
Ten
 
Ten pin bowling Ten gallon hat
Ten Little Indians The Upper Ten (the aristocracy)
Top Ten Tenpenny nails
The Council of Ten (Venetian Republic) Ten green bottles
Hollywood Ten Mr 10%
Ten to One (on) Tenner (£10)
Ten-four (message understood) Ten-nine (repeat)
Ten-fifteen (disturbance) Ten-thirty-one (crime in progress)
Ten-thirty-four (emergemcy)  

11
 
Cricket or soccer team First, second etc...
Days lost from calendar in 1752 Years of tyranny under Charles I
Confederate states Unionist states
Number of Reg’s bus ("On the buses") Eleventh chord (jazz)
Members of an American Football team  Eleven Plus for grammar school
Members of a field hockey team  

12
 
Dozen Pennies in a shilling (‘bob’)
Inches in a foot Notes in a chromatic scale
Months in a year Tribes of Israel
Sides in a dodecagon Faces on a dodecahedron
Signs of the Zodiac Members of a jury
Apostles or Disciples Labours of Hercules
Provinces of Canada Good men and true
Pipers (Whisky) Tables of Roman Law
Sides on a threepenny bit ‘Twelve pitch’ - typewriter typesize
Twelve tone music Principles of Alcoholics Anonymous
Draughts per player Members of a Canadian Football team
Members of a shinty team Members of a women’s lacrosse team
‘The Dirty Dozen’ 12" (record, usually remixes)
12 mile limit 12-tone (serial music eg Schoenberg)
The Twelve Tables (of Roman Law) Baskets used to feed the 5,000
Windforces of the Beaufort Scale (up to 17 in the US)  

13
 
Baker’s dozen Stripes on the US flag (original states)
Players in a rugby league team Diners at the Last Supper
Dick Turpin (at darts) Lunar months in a Year
Valkyries Unlucky for some (bingo)
Years of Prohibition in the USA Players on a cricket pitch

14
 
Books of the Apocrypha Lines in a sonnet
Pounds in a stone Stations of the Cross
Points of Woodrow Wilson (WWII) Operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan
Maximum number of clubs allowed for a pro golfer Carbon 14 for dating

15
 
To score at crib Rugby Union team
Men on a dead man’s chest Game in badminton
‘The Fifteen’ (first Jacobite rising 1715)  Members of a Gaelic Football team
First point in tennis Reds in snooker
Fifteen pieces each in Backgammon Members of a hurling team

16
 
Hexadecimal base Nails in a yard
Ounces in a pound Sixteen yard box (soccer)
Sweet sixteen Quavers in a breve
Drams in an ounce Teaspoonsful in a cup
Sixteen-string Jack (John Rann, a highwayman)  Square rods in a square chain
Sweet sixteen and never been kissed (bingo) Cubic feet in a cord foot (timber)

17
 
B17 the Flying Fortress 17-year locust
MP’s in Northern Ireland  

18
 
Inches in a cubit (approx.) Age of majority
Holes on a golf course Carat gold
Members of an Australian rules football team 18" = length of a Plimsoll Line

19
 
Nineteen to the dozen Nineteenth hole (the bar)
Impossible to score at crib Points to each side of a Go board
Cherubs on a Trivial Pursuit board  

20 
 
Fluid ounces in a pint Shillings in a pound
Lovesick maidens (Patience) Cwt in a ton
20th Century Fox Grammes in a scruple
Heats in a speedway meeting Top twenty
Troy ounces in a pound  Faces on an icosahedron
Years asleep for Rip van Winkle ‘Twenty Questions’ (radio programme)
Teams in the Premier League Quires in a ream
20/20 vision Years = Preston Guild
21
 
Gun salute Shillings in a guinea
Pontoon Consonants in the alphabet
Vingt et un Blackjack
Coming of age Spots on a dice
Type 21 frigate  
22
 
Yards in a cricket pitch Snooker balls
Dinkey doo (Housy Housy) Two little ducks
Yards in a chain Carat gold
Type 22 Frigate (Broadsword class) Catch 22
Balls on the table at the start of a game of snooker Trumps in the Tarot 'Major Arcana'
23
 
Pairs of Chromosomes in a human cell Type 23 Frigate (Leander Class)
24
 
Hours in a day Sheets in a quire (now 25)
Pure gold (24 ct) Pieces in a Chess set
Grains in a pennyweight Points on a backgammon board
Ribs in the human body Blackbirds (actually 4 and 20)
Pompey ‘ore (Housy Housy) Hours from tulsa
Number of OM’s current Draughts on a draughtboard

25
 
Silver Jubilee/Wedding Pony = 25 pounds
  Points for gin
Outer bull at darts Sheets in a quire (was 24)
Cents in a quarter Links in a rod
26
 
Letters in the alphabet Miles in a marathon (plus a bit)
‘Bed and breakfast’ (5+20+1 at darts) Counties of the Republic of Ireland
Maximum points at Croquet  
27
 
Cubic feet in a cubic yard Three cubed
Bridges over the Thames (reputedly) Books of the New Testament (AV)
28
 
Pounds in a quarter Inches high for cricket stumps
Dominoes in a set Hurdles in a steeplechase
29
 
Maximum in cribbage Days in February in a leap year

30
 
Pieces of silver Fences to jump in the Grand National
Shipping areas Second point in tennis
Thirty something Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
Days in April, June, September and November Journalists’ indication of ‘the end’
Thirty Tyrants (Magistrates in Athens)  
31
 
Days in January, March, May, July, August, October and December
32
 
Ells in a bolt (cloth) Water freezes (°F)
Teeth in the human mouth Cards each in Bezique
Cards for a game of Euchre Points on the compass
Phosphorus 32  
33
 
Gertie Lee (Housy Housy) (and a third) RPM of an LP
Amstel beer (trente trois)  

35
 
Gallons (UK) in a barrel of oil Cubic feet in a ‘displacement’ ton
35 years! (Beyond our Ken)  
36
 
Inches in a yard Gallons in a barrel (brewing)
Pots for a maximum break in snooker  Thirty six line bible
Bushels in a chaldron  
37
 
Shakespeare’s plays Numbers on a roulette wheel (incl. zero)
Body heat (C)  
38
 
MP’s in Wales Smith and Wesson
39
 
Steps (John Buchan) Books of the Old Testament (AV)
Articles of the Church of England (‘forty stripes save one’) Steps to the royal box at Wembley
Bingo numbers
 
Remember that no list like this is definitive.
 
1 Kelly’s eye 2 A little duck, Baby’s done it / Doctor Who
3 Dearie me, I'm free, Debbie McGee 4 The one next door, On the floor
5 Man alive, Jack’s alive 6 Tom Mix, Chopsticks
7 Lucky seven, Gawd’s in ‘eaven 8 Garden gate, Golden Gate
9 Doctor’s orders 10 Downing Street, Blair's Den
11 Legs eleven 12 One Dozen, Monkey’s cousin
13 Unlucky for some 14  
15 Rugby team 16 Sweet sixteen and never been kissed
17 Often been kissed, Old Ireland 18 Key of the door, Now you can vote
19   20 One score, Getting plenty
21 Royal salute 22 Two little ducks
23   24 Two dozen
25   26 Bed and breakfast, Half a crown
27 Little duck with a crutch 28 In a state
29   30 Burlington Bertie, Dirty Gertie
31   32  
33 Dirty knees, All the feathers 34  
35   36 Three dozen
37   38  
39 Those famous steps 40 Two score, Life begins at
41   42 That famous street in Manhattan
43   44 Droopy draws
45 Halfway house, Halfway there 46  
47   48 Four dozen
49 PC, Nick nick 50 Bulls eye, Bung hole
51 I love my Mum 52 Weeks in a year
53   54  
55 Snakes alive 56  
57 Heinz varieties 58  
59 Brighton line 60 Three score
61   62 Tickety boo
63   64 The Beatles Number
65 Old age pension 66 Clickety click
67 Argumentative number 68  
69 The same both ways, your place or mine? 70 Three score and ten
71   72 A crutch and a duck
73 Crutch with a flea 74  
75   76 Was she worth it? (What it's worth)
77 Sunset Strip 78  
79   80 Gandhi's breakfast
81 Fat lady and a little wee 82 Fat lady with a duck
83 Fat lady with a flea 84  
85   86  
87 Fat lady with a crutch 88 Two fat ladies, Wobbly wobbly
89 Nearly there 90 Top of the shop, Top of the House

 
      Thanks to The Bingo Association of Great Britain for help with the above

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Last Updated 03/08/1999