Double 1. Annie’s Room.

“Bed and Breakfast” means a score of 26 — most commonly scored by hitting single 20, single 5 and single 1 with your three darts.

The nickname comes from an old British expression for the typical price of bed and breakfast: two shillings and sixpence, written as 2/6 in pre-decimal British money. That “two and six” became 26, and darts players adopted the phrase for the score.

It’s particularly associated with the classic frustrating throw where you aim at the 20, but your other two darts stray either side into the 5 and 1:

“Welcome to the Madhouse” is a nickname associated with double 1 — the final double at the very bottom of the dartboard.

It’s usually said when a player has worked their way down to 2 remaining and therefore has to hit double 1 (D1) to finish the leg. The joke is that you've ended up in the “madhouse”: the least desirable double on the board, often after repeatedly missing other doubles and accidentally reducing your checkout further.

It can become particularly painful because if you're on 2, there's virtually no room for error: hit a single 1 and you're left on 1, which cannot be checked out, so the visit is a bust.

“Nein!” is a humorous nickname for a score of 9. The joke is simply a play on words: “nein” is the German word for “no”, and it sounds like the English word “nine.” So, when somebody scores a rather disappointing 9 with three darts, you can shout “NEIN!” in an exaggerated German accent.

“Case of Beer” is a humorous nickname for a score of 24.

The joke comes from the traditional 24 bottles or cans in a full case of beer. So, if your three darts add up to 24, you've scored yourself a “Case of Beer.”

150 - BULLSEYE, BULLSEYE, BULLSEYE

Three darts. Three bullseyes. 150 points. A magnificent display of accuracy — and a proper darts hat trick!

“Bag of Nails” usually refers to a score of 3 — typically when all three darts land in the single 1.

The nickname comes from the old British expression “dead as a doornail.” A score of just three with three darts is about as “dead” a visit as you can get, so it became jokingly known as a Bag of Nails.

“splitting the dart” describes the rare and impressive moment when one dart lands directly into the shaft or flight-end of a dart already embedded in the board.

Instead of the second dart simply landing alongside the first, it pierces or splits the back of the first dart, leaving the two appearing almost joined together. It's similar to the legendary “Robin Hood” shot from archery, and in darts it is commonly referred to as a Robin Hood.

“Shanghai” means hitting a single, a double and a treble of the same number with three darts.

For example, a Shanghai on 20s would be:

Single 20 + Double 20 + Treble 20 = 120

It doesn't matter which order you hit them in — as long as your three darts include one single, one double and one treble of the same number, you've scored a Shanghai.

“McDonald's” is a humorous nickname for a score of 69.

It comes from the old joke about the number 69 being a “meal for two” — hence the connection to McDonald's and grabbing a meal together. It's very much informal pub-darts humour rather than an official darts term.

“Three Kittens” is a humorous nickname for a score of 66.

The joke comes from the idea that each kitten has “two sixes” — two sets of six lives, playing on the traditional saying that cats have nine lives. It's one of the more playful, unofficial pub-darts calls, rather than a formal darts term.

60 - PINEAPPLE

Three darts in the 20s. Sixty points on the board — sweet, solid, and known at the pub as a Pineapple!

“One Ton” means a score of exactly 100 points with three darts.

The term comes from British slang, where “a ton” means one hundred. It's also used in other sports and everyday expressions to describe reaching the century mark.

170 - THE BIG FISH

Two treble 20s and a bullseye. The biggest checkout in darts — land all three and you've caught THE BIG FISH!

“Two Birds” refers to hitting two bullseyes — two “bulls” with your darts.

The nickname is a playful reference to the familiar saying “killing two birds with one stone”, adapted into pub-darts humour when a player manages to find the bull twice.

With each inner bull worth 50 points, two bullseyes are worth 100 points.