Cornhole is a bean bag tossing game scored by bags on the board and in the hole, with cancellation scoring between two opposing sides.
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Keep turns moving with a per-player clock for Cornhole.
Flexible singles or doubles cornhole for casual or league-style scoring.
Open or house-format cornhole is the familiar singles or doubles lawn game: alternate bag throws toward the opposite board, score bags on the board or through the hole, and use cancellation scoring to race to 21 or more.
Set two cornhole boards facing each other, with regulation adult boards placed 27 feet apart from front edge to front edge. Play can be singles, with one player per side, or doubles, with partners standing at opposite boards in the same lane. A round consists of eight total bags: each side throws four bags, alternating throws toward the opposite board. Players pitch from the pitcher's box and should agree before play whether they are following league, house, or junior-distance rules. After all bags in the round have stopped, score the board before moving bags. The side that scored in the previous round usually throws first in the next round; if the round was a wash, the same side that opened the previous round keeps first pitch. Continue rounds until one side reaches or exceeds 21 points at the conclusion of a round.
A bag through the hole is worth 3 points, a bag resting on the board is worth 1 point, and a bag on the ground or otherwise dead is worth 0 points. Cornhole uses cancellation scoring: subtract the lower round total from the higher round total, and only the net difference is added to the leading side's match score. Official ACL and ACO-style rules do not require winning by two and do not use a bust penalty.
Record final scores for both sides, with the higher score winning. Note singles or doubles, board distance, and any house rules such as bust scoring or win-by-two.