card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

Bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

Rummy Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build '' melds'' which can be either sets (three or four of a k ...

Ace An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the c ...

ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

German-suited pack German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub ...

sleeping Sleep is a sedentary state of mind and body. It is characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a de ...

active player Card players are those participating in a card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin played in English-speaking countries, ...

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

Rams In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)Poker). ; adversary : Any opposing player, especially in two-hand games, or an opponent of the

declarer Card players are those participating in a card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin played in English-speaking countries, ...

. See

defenders Defender(s) or The Defender(s) may refer to: *Defense (military) *Defense (sports) **Defender (association football) Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary * ''The Defender'' (1994 f ...

. ; adverse : Pertaining to an

adversary An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks. Adversary may also refer to: * Satan ("adversary" in Hebrew), in Judeo-Christian religion Entertainment Fiction * Adversary (comics), villain fro ...

or opponent e.g. an adverse

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is one made by an opponent; adverse

trumps A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

are those held by one's opponent(s). ; age : Order of priority for leading,

betting Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elem ...

or

bidding Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed ...

, starting from the player next to the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

. See

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and youngest. ; alliance : A temporary

partnership A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as business partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments ...

that lasts only for the current

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

or hand (e.g. Prop and Cop in Solo Whist or the normal game in

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

). ; alone : Playing without the help of a

partner Partner, Partners, The Partner, or, The Partners may refer to: Books * ''The Partner'' (Grisham novel), by John Grisham, 1997 * ''The Partner'' (Jenaro Prieto novel), 1928 * ''The Partners'' (book), a 1983 book by James B. Stewart * ''Partner'' (m ...

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declarer Card players are those participating in a card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin played in English-speaking countries, ...

and soloist. ; announce : See

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. ; announcement # Often used in both senses of

declaration Declaration may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Declaration'' (book), a self-published electronic pamphlet by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri * ''The Declaration'' (novel), a 2008 children's novel by Gemma Malley Music ...

. However, Dummett prefers to restrict 'announcement' for the intention to achieve certain feats in

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

, while preferring 'declaration' for a statement that one has a special

combination In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are th ...

of cards in one's hand. ; ante # A mandatory stake made before the game begins - usually by all players, sometimes by the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

only. # Chips required to be put into the pot before the deal. # To put in such chips. ; around the corner : Phrase that describes

sequences In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called ''elements'', or ''terms''). The number of elements (possibly infinite) is called t ...

or runs that are built either side of the Ace e.g. Q K A 2 3 4 ; auction : The period of bidding. The phase in some

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

where players may bid to lead the game, or bid on a certain hand or privilege in that hand such as naming the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

. The player with the highest bid wins the auction and plays his chosen game or exercises his privilege. Often used in

trick-taking game A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

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balanced hand A balanced hand or balanced distribution in card games is a hand with an even distribution of suits. In the game of contract bridge, it denotes a hand of thirteen cards which contains no singleton or void and at most one . Three hand patterns are ...

: A hand of cards with no void suit,

singleton Singleton may refer to: Sciences, technology Mathematics * Singleton (mathematics), a set with exactly one element * Singleton field, used in conformal field theory Computing * Singleton pattern, a design pattern that allows only one instance ...

or very long suit. ; banker : Also called the house or the bank, the person responsible for distributing

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, keeping track of the buy-ins, and paying winners at the end of a

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. A

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

against whom the punters bet. ; banking game : A less-skilled

card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ga ...

of the gambling type in which one or more punters play against a

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, who controls the game. ; base value : A constant factor in working out the value of a game e.g. Skat. ; Batons : One of the four suits in a Latin-suited pack of cards. Symbol: Seme bastoni carte bergamasche

or

; beater : Term used in games of the Karnöffel family for quasi-trump cards able to beat those of lower rank or with no powers at all. ; belle : The last game of the

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. ; Bells : One of the four suits in a German pack of cards. Symbol: Bay schellen

; best : Highest

ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...

. ; best card : Highest card of a suit not yet played. The

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, master card. Also king card. ; bet # Any wager on the outcome of a

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

or game; any

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put in a pot; to put chips in a pot. # The first bet in a betting interval. ;

bête Bête, la Bête (french: Jeu de la Bête), Beste or la Beste (''Jeu de la Beste''), originally known as Homme or l'Homme (''Jeu de l'Homme''), was an old, French, trick-taking card game, usually for three to five players. It was a derivative of Tr ...

, bate, bete or beet. # A

penalty Penalty or The Penalty may refer to: Sports * Penalty (golf) * Penalty (gridiron football) * Penalty (ice hockey) * Penalty (rugby) * Penalty (rugby union) * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty shoot-out (association football) A p ...

payment in certain games for e.g. for failing to take the minimum number of tricks, or for a stake or money which a player has lost.�
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Mauscheln Mauscheln, also Maus or Vierblatt, is a gambling card game that resembles Tippen, which is commonly played in Germany and the countries of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. Background Origin of the name The name Mauscheln means something lik ...

, if the

declarer Card players are those participating in a card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin played in English-speaking countries, ...

, or ''Mauschler'', fails to win a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

, he is the ''Mauschlerbete''. # Failure to make a

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. # Conceding defeat without playing. # ''Double bête'': a double

penalty Penalty or The Penalty may refer to: Sports * Penalty (golf) * Penalty (gridiron football) * Penalty (ice hockey) * Penalty (rugby) * Penalty (rugby union) * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty shoot-out (association football) A p ...

, usually for failing to make a

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

after choosing to play out the cards. ; bettel or bettler : Bid or

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

to win no tricks. Also

misère Misère ( French for "destitution"), misere, bettel, betl, or (German for "beggar"; equivalent terms in other languages include , , ) is a bid in various card games, and the player who bids misère undertakes to win no tricks or as few as possi ...

. ; bid # An offer to win a minimum or specified number of tricks or points or the privilege of naming the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

or the game.Galt, David
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contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. ; blank # In card-point games, a card that is worth no points. A

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. # A hand with no

court cards In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the ...

, i.e. only

pip cards Pips are small but easily countable items, such as the dots on dominoes and dice, or the symbols on a playing card that denote its suit and value. Dice On dice, pips are small dots on each face of a common six-sided die. These pips are typica ...

. # A card that is unguarded by other, usually lower cards in the same suit: "I held the blank king of spades." # To discard in such a way as to leave a card unprotected: "She blanked the King of Spades." # To

void Void may refer to: Science, engineering, and technology * Void (astronomy), the spaces between galaxy filaments that contain no galaxies * Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material * Void, synonym for vacuum, a ...

a suit. ; blank suit : A suit of which one holds no cards. A

void Void may refer to: Science, engineering, and technology * Void (astronomy), the spaces between galaxy filaments that contain no galaxies * Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material * Void, synonym for vacuum, a ...

(suit). To ''blank a suit'' is to get rid of all the cards of that suit from one's hand. ; blaze : A hand consisting only of

court cards In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the ...

. ; blind : See skat or

widow A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

. ; blocking : Blocking a suit is keeping a high card back so that the player with a number of smaller cards cannot win tricks with them. ; bluff # To attempt to deceive one's opponent(s) about the

value Value or values may refer to: Ethics and social * Value (ethics) wherein said concept may be construed as treating actions themselves as abstract objects, associating value to them ** Values (Western philosophy) expands the notion of value beyo ...

of cards in one's hand. # To use various tactics to mislead one's opponent(s) about the distribution of cards or one's strategy. ; build : To add cards to those already on the table in order to extend a

set Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics *Set (mathematics), a collection of elements *Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively Electro ...

or

sequence In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called ''elements'', or ''terms''). The number of elements (possibly infinite) is calle ...

. ; bonus : An extra amount added to a player's score for the game for holding or winning certain cards or for achieving certain goals, such as '' Schneider''. ; Bower : The

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

of the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

or the Jack of the same colour as the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

e.g. in

Euchre Euchre or eucre () is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. Normally there are four players, two o ...

or Reunion. :: ''Left Bower'': the

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

of the same colour as the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

. :: ''Right Bower'': the

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

of the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

. ; bring in a suit : Make tricks in a plain suit after the adverse

trumps A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

are exhausted. ; bury a card : To place a card in the middle of the pack or

discard pile The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

so that it cannot be easily located. ; buy # To receive a card from the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

, face down, in return for a stake e.g. in Twenty-One. # To receive or draw the spare hand, ( skat or

widow A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

) in return for one's own hand and, possibly, a stake e.g. in Newmarket. # To receive or pick up a card or cards in return for a hand card or cards e.g. in

Préférence Préférence, frequently spelt Preference, is a Central and Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding, played by three players with a 32-card Piquet deck, and probably originating in early 19th century Austria, becoming the second ...

when the 2 talon cards are picked up and 2 discarded. # To draw cards from the stock or talon.

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, bid or

pass Pass, PASS, The Pass or Passed may refer to: Places * Pass, County Meath, a townland in Ireland * Pass, Poland, a village in Poland * Pass, an alternate term for a number of straits: see List of straits * Mountain pass, a lower place in a moun ...

. Any such

declaration Declaration may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Declaration'' (book), a self-published electronic pamphlet by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri * ''The Declaration'' (novel), a 2008 children's novel by Gemma Malley Music ...

; capture : To pick up or take cards during play, often as part of a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. ; captain : the player who directs the play of his team or who has the final decision in certain

partnership A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as business partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments ...

games. ; card money : The charge levied by an establishment on the playing of card games. ; card points : The scoring value of a card or cards in

point-trick game A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

s. Card points are used to determine the winner of a hand, based on the value of individual cards won. Not to be confused with game points. Sometimes called pips. ; card value : See

card points The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

. ; carte blanche : A hand with no

court cards In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the ...

(see blank), for example, in

Piquet Piquet (; ) is an early 16th-century plain-trick card game for two players that became France's national game. David Parlett calls it a "classic game of relatively great antiquity... still one of the most skill-rewarding card games for two" but ...

,

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or

Bezique Bezique () or Bésigue () is a 19th-century French melding and trick-taking card game for two players that came to Britain and is still played today. The game is derived from Piquet,''Transactions of the Philological Society'', Philological Soc ...

; or with either no court cards or no

pip cards Pips are small but easily countable items, such as the dots on dominoes and dice, or the symbols on a playing card that denote its suit and value. Dice On dice, pips are small dots on each face of a common six-sided die. These pips are typica ...

in Briscan''Le Briscan''
at academiedesjeux.jeuxsoc.fr. Retrieved 11 Jan 2019. ; case card : The last remaining card of a denomination left in play. ; Cavalier : The

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

in certain card packs that usually ranks below the

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

and above the

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

. ; chicane : A hand with no

trumps A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

. ; chip : A token used in place of money; a

counter Counter may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Counter machine, a subclass of register machines * Counter (digital), an electronic device, mechanical device, or computer program for counting * Loop counter, the variable that controls the iter ...

; to put chips in the pot Also

jeton Jetons or jettons are tokens or coin-like medals produced across Europe from the 13th through the 18th centuries. They were produced as counters for use in calculation on a counting board, a lined board similar to an abacus. They also found use ...

. ; chosen suit : A suit characterised by a disturbed ranking and in which some cards have privileges over cards of the unchosen suits or special powers when led. Chosen suits are found in most games of the

Karnöffel group Karnöffel is a trick-taking card game which probably came from the upper-German language area in Europe in the first quarter of the 15th century. It first appeared listed in a municipal ordinance of Nördlingen, Bavaria, in 1426 among the games ...

. Sometimes called a selected suit. Sometimes also misnamed a

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; clear # Establish a card or suit by forcing out adverse higher cards or stoppers. # Having taken no penalty cards e.g. in Hearts. ; close : To bar further use of the talon by turning the

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over and placing it on the top in

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

such as Sixty-Six and

Schnapsen Schnapsen, Schnapser or Schnapsa is a trick-taking card game of the Bézique ( Ace-Ten) family that is very popular in Bavaria and in the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire and has become the national card game of Austria and Hungar ...

. ;

Clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...

: One of the four suits in a

French-suited French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of (clovers or clubs ), (tiles or diamonds ), (hearts ), and (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. I ...

or

Spanish-suited Spanish-suited playing cards or Spanish-suited cards have four suits, and a deck is usually made up of 40 or 48 cards (or even 50 by including two jokers). It is categorized as a Latin-suited deck and has strong similarities with the Italian- ...

pack of cards. Symbol: SuitClubs

or

;

coat card In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the e ...

: Original term for

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

, now obsolete. ; coffee housing : To talk and act in order to mislead one's opponents about one's cards. Siete de Oros

;

Coins A coin is a small, flat (usually depending on the country or value), round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order t ...

: One of the four suits in a Latin-suited pack of cards. Symbol: Seme denari carte bergamasche

or

; color, colour : In

French-suited packs French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of (clovers or clubs ), (tiles or diamonds ), (hearts ), and (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. I ...

, this is the colour of the suit symbols, which is red for Hearts and

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and black for

Clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...

and Spades. ; combination : Two or more cards that score a bonus when melded. Often called a meld. ; command : The best card of a suit, usually applied to suits which the

adversary An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks. Adversary may also refer to: * Satan ("adversary" in Hebrew), in Judeo-Christian religion Entertainment Fiction * Adversary (comics), villain fro ...

is trying to establish. See best card, king card and master card. ; commanding card # The best card of a suit in play. Also best card, king card or master card. # The top trump or highest

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such as the Knave of Clubs in

Knave Noddy Noddy (O.F. ''naudin'') also Noddie, Nodde or Knave Noddy, is a 16th-century English card game ancestor of Cribbage. It is the oldest identifiable card game with this gaming structure and thus probably also ancestral to the more-complicated 17th- ...

or the Right Bower in

Euchre Euchre or eucre () is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. Normally there are four players, two o ...

. ; compendium game : A game in which a number of different contracts is played in succession e.g. Barbu,

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and

Poch Poch, Pochen or Pochspiel (french: Poque) is a very old card game that is considered one of the forerunners of poker, a game that developed in America in the 19th century. An etymological relationship between the game names is also assumed. G ...

. ; contract : An agreement or obligation to play a certain type of game, to win a certain number of points or tricks in a hand,

round Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the number ...

or game. ; contractor : The highest

bidder Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed by ...

who then plays out his

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. ; contrat : A short rectangular counter or chip used in some French card games and Danish Tarok that is worth a number of jetons or fiches, typically 100 jetons.''Mouche''
for example. Retrieved 5 June 2022. ; counter # Object used to score. Token used in place of money; a

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jeton Jetons or jettons are tokens or coin-like medals produced across Europe from the 13th through the 18th centuries. They were produced as counters for use in calculation on a counting board, a lined board similar to an abacus. They also found use ...

. # Card with a point value. Also counting card. ; counting card # A card that has an intrinsic scoring value when taken in a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. Also

counter Counter may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Counter machine, a subclass of register machines * Counter (digital), an electronic device, mechanical device, or computer program for counting * Loop counter, the variable that controls the iter ...

. ; count out # During play, to claim to have enough points for game, thus ending the play; to go out during the play. ;

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

: One of the picture cards i.e. a

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,

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

or

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

in a French pack; a King, Ober or Unter in a German pack, or a King, Queen,

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and

Valet A valet or varlet is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer. In the Middle Ages and Ancien Régime, valet de chambre was a role for junior courtiers and specialists such as artists in a royal court, but the term "valet ...

in a

Tarot pack The tarot (, first known as '' trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini. From their Italian roots, ...

. Also

face card In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the e ...

, picture card or royal card. Originally

coat card In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the e ...

. ; cover : To play a higher card ''of the same suit'' than any previously played to the

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. Also play over (but that can also mean to play any higher card). Not to be confused with

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head the trick The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...

or overtake. ; cross-ruff : Two partners alternately trumping a different suit. Asdecopas

; cross-suit : Suit of the opposite colour. ;

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: One of the four suits in a Latin-suited pack of cards. Symbol: Seme coppe carte bergamasche

or

;

cut Cut may refer to: Common uses * The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force ** A type of wound ** Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past ** Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment ** Cut (ea ...

: To divide the deck into two parts; usually after

shuffling Shuffling is a procedure used to randomize a deck of playing cards to provide an element of chance in card games. Shuffling is often followed by a cut, to help ensure that the shuffler has not manipulated the outcome. __TOC__ Techniques Over ...

. Cards may also be cut to determine who deals or which suit is

trumps A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

.

D

; dead card : One that cannot be used in the

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

. ; deadwood : Unmatched cards remaining in the hand e.g. in

Rummy Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build '' melds'' which can be either sets (three or four of a k ...

. ; deal # Verb: To distribute cards to players in accordance with the rules of the

card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ga ...

being played. In many games, this involves picking up all the cards,

shuffling Shuffling is a procedure used to randomize a deck of playing cards to provide an element of chance in card games. Shuffling is often followed by a cut, to help ensure that the shuffler has not manipulated the outcome. __TOC__ Techniques Over ...

them, having them

cut Cut may refer to: Common uses * The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force ** A type of wound ** Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past ** Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment ** Cut (ea ...

and redistributing them, but in other games (such as Patience games) it simply involves turning over the

wastepile The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

to act as a new stock. # Noun: The play from the time the cards are dealt until they are redealt. Also referred to as a hand ;

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

: The person whose turn and responsibility it is to

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

the cards. ; deck : May refer either to the pack or the stock / talon. ; declaration # Announcement of melds or scoring

combinations In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are th ...

, as in

Piquet Piquet (; ) is an early 16th-century plain-trick card game for two players that became France's national game. David Parlett calls it a "classic game of relatively great antiquity... still one of the most skill-rewarding card games for two" but ...

. Dummett prefers to restrict 'declaration' to this sense, while preferring 'announcement' for the intention to achieve certain feats in play i.e. the 2nd meaning below. # The game at which a deal is played. A

call Call or Calls may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Call, a type of betting in poker * Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage Music and dance * Call (band), from Lahore, Paki ...

or bid. ; declare # To bid or to announce the

trump Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. T ...

. # To announce; predict schneider or schwarz. # To meld or show. # To count out. Note: Dummett prefers to restrict 'announce' for the intention to achieve certain feats in

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

, while using 'declare' for a statement that one has a special

combination In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are th ...

of cards in one's hand. ; declarer : In a contract game, the highest

bidder Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed by ...

who then tries to achieve the announced

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. ; declaring side, declaring team : The side that wins the

auction An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder. Some exceptions to this definition ex ...

. The player who made the highest bid and his or her

partner Partner, Partners, The Partner, or, The Partners may refer to: Books * ''The Partner'' (Grisham novel), by John Grisham, 1997 * ''The Partner'' (Jenaro Prieto novel), 1928 * ''The Partners'' (book), a 1983 book by James B. Stewart * ''Partner'' (m ...

who join forces to achieve the announced

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. ; defenders : The opponents of the declarer(s) in

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

like

Bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

or Skat. Originally those 'defending' the

pool Pool may refer to: Water pool * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a rocky po ...

(see Pigott's Hoyle (1800).). ; denomination :The

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

of a card e.g. 2, 3, 4, etc. English pattern pack - Suit of Diamonds-IMG 7662

; Deuce : The Two of any suit. In

German-suited pack German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub ...

s, the Deuce is nowadays usually called the

Ace An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the c ...

despite having 2 suit symbols. In Austria and Bavaria usually called the Sow (''Sau''). ;

Diamonds Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, bu ...

: One of the four suits in a French pack of cards. Symbol: SuitDiamonds

; discard # To get rid of plain suit cards when unable to

follow suit A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

and unwilling or unable to

trump Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. T ...

. # To lay away cards, e.g. of high value or to void a suit, after picking up from the talon or skat. # A card that is removed from the hand in either of those ways. ; discard pile : The pile of cards already rejected by players. The common pile of discarded cards. Also

wastepile The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

. ; double, redouble : To increase the game value by a factor of 2. Redoubling effectively quadruples the original game value. ; double-ended, double-figured, double-headed : Of a playing card, being designed to be read either way up by having indices at each end and, in the case of court cards, dividing the picture horizontally or diagonally and displaying only the upper part of the figure at each end. Also reversible. See single-ended. ; doubleton : Only two cards of the same suit in the hand. ; downcard : A card lying face down. ; draw : To take a card from the stock ( talon). Also 'buy' e.g. in Rummy.''Rummy Glossary''
at www.rummy-games.com. Retrieved 29 Nov 2019. ; draw lots : To select e.g. the first

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

by letting players choose a card at random from the fanned pack or by

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the pack ; drop : To withdraw from the current

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

; to discard one's hand rather than stake enough

chips ''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. It follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The seri ...

to stay in the game. ; dummy,

dummy hand A dummy hand or ghost player is an imaginary extra player in a card game, used to make a game more challenging, as a special hand in a game or to compensate for a missing player. A ghost player can take the place of a human player either as a dead ...

: A hand dealt to an imaginary extra player, and often played out according to certain rules. ; durch, durchmarsch : See

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.

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; elder # Sitting at the left (when the rotation is clockwise. # Non-dealer in two-hand play. ; eldest # Of several players, the one nearest the dealer's left when the rotation is clockwise. May not necessarily be eldest hand. # Short for eldest hand. ; eldest hand : This is the player to the left of the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

in games that are played clockwise; or to the right of the dealer in those played anti-clockwise and who is usually first to bid or

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and

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

. The first player to play in the

round Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the number ...

. Called forehand in many games. ; empty card : In

Tarock Tarot games are card games played with tarot decks, that is, decks with numbered permanent trumps parallel to the suit cards. The games and decks which English-speakers call by the French name Tarot are called Tarocchi in the original Italian, ...

games, a card without a special point value, usually a

pip card Pip, PIP, Pips, PIPS, and ''similar'', may refer to: Common meanings * Pip, colloquial name for the star(s) worn on military uniform as part of rank badge, as in the British Army officer rank insignia or with many Commonwealth police agencies * T ...

, but sometimes also an ordinary trump (i.e. not one of the

Trull cards The trull is a trio of three special trump cards used in tarock games in Austria and other countries that have a much higher card value than the other trumps. The individual cards are known as trull cards (''Trullstücke''). The word ''trull'' i ...

.Dummett & McLeod (2003), pp. 4–9. ; endhand : See

rearhand Card players are those participating in a card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin played in English-speaking countries, ...

. ; entrump : To make a particular suit

trumps A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

. ; establish : To make cards the best by forcing out adverse higher cards; to clear. ; established suit : A suit is established if when you or your partner can take every

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

in it, regardless of who

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. ; exit : To relinquish the

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; force another player to win the

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

.

F

; face # The side of a card depicting its rank : To turn a card so that its rank is visible and its back underneath ;

face card In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the e ...

: See

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

. ; face down : With the denomination side of the card downwards and its back upwards. ; faceup (US) : A card positioned so that it reveals its suit and value. Also

upcard The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

. ; face value : The marked value of a card. Also pip value.

Court cards In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the ...

are usually take to have a value of 10, the Ace 1 or 11. ; fall of the cards : The identity and order in which cards are played, especially as it gives an indication of the location of unplayed cards. ; fan # To spread cards fanwise. To spread a hand or pack of cards, face up, in an arc so that they can be identified from their corner indices. Alternatively to spread them, face down, in order to enable players to 'draw lots' in order, for example, to choose teams or the first dealer. # An arc of cards so fanned. A spread of face-up cards. # In

Patience (or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances. Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in disrespect/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when face ...

, a small number of cards laid in an overlapping row, so that only one is exposed. ; fatten : To discard counting cards to one's partner's tricks. Also smear. ; fat trick : A

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

that is rich in counting cards. ; fiche : A long rectangular

counter Counter may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Counter machine, a subclass of register machines * Counter (digital), an electronic device, mechanical device, or computer program for counting * Loop counter, the variable that controls the iter ...

used in some French card games and Danish Tarok that is worth a number of jetons, typically 10 or 20. See also

contrat The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...

. ; finesse : An attempt to take a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

with a card that is not the best of the suit. Flush of diamonds

; first hand # The leader to a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. # The first player to

call Call or Calls may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Call, a type of betting in poker * Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage Music and dance * Call (band), from Lahore, Paki ...

. # Eldest hand. ;

flush Flush may refer to: Places * Flush, Kansas, a community in the United States Architecture, construction and manufacturing * Flush cut, a type of cut made with a French flush-cut saw or diagonal pliers * Flush deck, in naval architecture * Fl ...

: Cards of the same suit. ; fold # To withdraw or surrender the current hand or game. # To withdraw from the

auction An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder. Some exceptions to this definition ex ...

having been overcalled. ; follow suit : To play a card of the

led suit The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy) ...

. ; force # To compel a player to

trump Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. T ...

a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

in order to win it. A player may 'force out' trumps by leading a long plain suit in which the opponent is void. # A compulsory

round Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the number ...

or

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

in which all players must play and none may drop out. Also known in German games as a 'muss'. See

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

. ; forehand # Another term for eldest hand usually in

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

originating from Europe. The player who is usually first to receive cards, bid and

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

. Sits to the left of the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

in clockwise games and right of the dealer in anticlockwise games. # The player who has the right to lead to a trick. Also said to be "in forehand". ;

French-suited pack French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of (clovers or clubs ), (tiles or diamonds ), (hearts ), and (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. I ...

: A pack of cards with the four suits:

Clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...

, Spades, Hearts and

Diamonds Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, bu ...

. So-called because it originated in France, but now used worldwide. Compare with

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

and Latin-suited pack. The standard 52-card pack consists of French-suited cards which may be of various patterns (English/International, Belgian-Genoese, Dondorf, Swedish, etc.). ; free card # A card with special privileges when led to a trick e.g. the Sevens in

Bruus Bruus, formerly Brausebart or Brusbart, is a very old north German card game for four players in two teams of two. It was once highly popular but has since died out except for a few pockets in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. As Brusbart, it was th ...

or the Eights and Nines in

Knüffeln Knüffeln is a very old trick-taking card game for four players, playing in pairs, that is still played in North Germany. Once considered the national game of Frisia, Knüffeln is a descendant of Karnöffel, the oldest identifiable European card ...

. # A card that cannot be beaten because all the trumps have been exhausted. # A card that cannot be beaten because all the trumps and higher cards have been played.

G

; game # A pastime in general, usually involving some form of competing. # A variant of a basic game e.g. Gin Rummy or

Wendish Schafkopf Wendish Schafkopf (german: Wendischer Schafkopf), Wendisch or Wendsch is a card game for four players that uses a Schafkopf pack of German-suited cards or a Skat pack of French playing cards. Aim The aim of the game is for each partnership of ...

. # A bid,

declaration Declaration may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Declaration'' (book), a self-published electronic pamphlet by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri * ''The Declaration'' (novel), a 2008 children's novel by Gemma Malley Music ...

or

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. # A period in a session of play which results in a winner. # The target number of points as in "game is 100 points". # Fulfilment of the declared contract as in "their team made game". # A style or system of play. ; game points : In

point-trick game A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

s, the score awarded to the players based on the outcome of a hand, the game value of a

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

and any bonuses earned. Game points are accumulated (or deducted) to decide the overall winner. Not to be confused with

card points The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

. ; game value : The amount a

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

is worth in points or

hard score The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

;

German-suited pack German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub ...

: A pack of cards with the four suits: Acorns, Leaves, Hearts and Bells. So-called because it originated in Germany. Such packs are common in Austria, Germany, north Italy, Hungary and several other countries in eastern Europe. Compare with French and Latin-suited pack. ; good : Concession by a player that he or she accepts the bid and does not wish to bid against it. May be announced with "good." ; go out : To finish playing in the current

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

because a) you have got rid of all your cards (e.g. in

Rummy Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build '' melds'' which can be either sets (three or four of a k ...

or

Domino Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces, commonly known as dominoes. Each domino is a rectangular tile, usually with a line dividing its face into two square ''ends''. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also c ...

or b) you have achieved the tricks or points needed to win (e.g. in

Fipsen Fipsen or Fips is an old north German card game for 4 or 5 players that resembles British Nap in some respects. It is a trick-taking game played with a standard Skat pack that was once popular across North Germany in the former states of Schle ...

or Sixty-Six). ; go over # To bid higher;

overcall In contract bridge, an overcall is a bid made after an opening bid has been made by an opponent; the term refers only to the first such bid. A ''direct'' overcall is such a bid made by the player seated immediately to the left of the opener, i.e ...

. # To

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

a higher card than any so far played to the trick. Also

head the trick The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...

or play over (but that can also mean to play a higher card of the same suit). Not to be confused with

cover Cover or covers may refer to: Packaging * Another name for a lid * Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package * Album cover, the front of the packaging * Book cover or magazine cover ** Book design ** Back cover copy, part of co ...

or overtake. ; guard : One or more cards that protect a high card. A high card may be singly guarded, twice guarded, etc.

H

; hand # The cards held by one player ("playing hand") # The player holding the cards, as in "Third hand bid 1." # Synonymous with the noun usage of

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

. ; hand card : A card held in the hand as opposed to one on the table. ; hand game or handplay. : A type of

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

in certain games in which the skat or

widow A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

is not used. See Hand game (cards). ; hard score : A game played for 'hard score' – as opposed to those played for

soft score The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...

– is one played for money. Coins may be used to stake; alternatively chips or counters with an agreed monetary value may be utilised. ; head the trick : To play a better (i.e. higher) card than any already played to the

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. Also

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or play over (but that can also mean to play a higher card of the same suit). Not to be confused with

cover Cover or covers may refer to: Packaging * Another name for a lid * Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package * Album cover, the front of the packaging * Book cover or magazine cover ** Book design ** Back cover copy, part of co ...

or overtake. Swedish pattern cards-Suit of Hearts down to Six-IMG 7484

; Hearts : One of the four suits in a French pack or German pack of cards. Symbols: U+2665

or

; hold : As an earlier

bidder Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed by ...

in the

auction An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder. Some exceptions to this definition ex ...

, to match a higher bid, thus retaining the right to play a

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. ; hold up : To refrain from playing (a high card). Also 'hold back'. ; honour : A card attracting a bonus score or side payment, usually to the player or team for holding and declaring them, but sometimes for capturing them in play. From the French ''honneur''. See

matador A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...

. ; house : See

banker A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Becaus ...

.

I

; index : The number or letter printed in the corner of a playing card, so that it may be read when held in a fan. ; in turn : A player, or an action, is said to be in turn if that player is expected to act next under the rules. ''Jerry said "check" while he was in turn, so he's not allowed to raise.'' ; invite : To lead a small card of the long suit.

J

; jan, jann : The equivalent of lurch or '' schneider'' in north German or Scandinavian games. It may mean losing without taking a trick, as in games of the

Bruus Bruus, formerly Brausebart or Brusbart, is a very old north German card game for four players in two teams of two. It was once highly popular but has since died out except for a few pockets in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. As Brusbart, it was th ...

family, or scoring less than 1/4 of the points, as in games of the

Sjavs Sjavs is a Danish card game of the Schafkopf family that is played in two main variants. In Denmark, it is a 3-player game, played with a shortened pack of 20 cards; in the Faroe Islands, where it is very popular, it is a four-hand, partnership ...

family. ; Jack (playing card), Jack : The

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

ranking, naturally, between the

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

and the Ten. Also called the #Knave, Knave or

Valet A valet or varlet is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer. In the Middle Ages and Ancien Régime, valet de chambre was a role for junior courtiers and specialists such as artists in a royal court, but the term "valet ...

in certain

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

. ; jeton : A circular

counter Counter may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Counter machine, a subclass of register machines * Counter (digital), an electronic device, mechanical device, or computer program for counting * Loop counter, the variable that controls the iter ...

which forms the basic unit of scoring or payment, especially in French card games. Often used along with fiches and #contrat, contrats which are worth more. See also

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. ; Joker (playing card), Joker : A card, usually depicting a jester, used as the highest #trump card, trump or as a #wild card, wild card.

K

; kibitzer : Onlooker at a #pastime, card game. ; kind : See

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

. ; King : The highest

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

, usually

ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...

between the

Ace An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the c ...

and the

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

. ; king card : The best card remaining unplayed of the suit. Also best card,

commanding card The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy) ...

and master card. ; kitty :Additional cards dealt face down in some

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

. ; Knave : The

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

in certain

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

. Also

Valet A valet or varlet is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer. In the Middle Ages and Ancien Régime, valet de chambre was a role for junior courtiers and specialists such as artists in a royal court, but the term "valet ...

. ; knock : As the #cutter, cutter, to tap the pack with a fist to indicate that you are satisfied with the #shuffle, shuffle and are happy not to cut the cards. Common informal practice in social or family circles in European countries.

L

; Latin-suited pack : A pack of cards with the four suits: #Swords, Swords, #Batons, Batons, #Cups, Cups and #Coins, Coins. So-called because it originated in Spain and Italy. Compare with French and

German-suited pack German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub ...

. ; lay away : To #discarding, discard after picking up the skat or

widow A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

. ; lay down : To meld a

combination In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are th ...

. ; lay off : To add cards to another player's melds or

combinations In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are th ...

. ; lead # To play the first card of the

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. # The card played first to the trick. # The privilege of leading e.g. "A has the lead" or "A is on lead". Bavarian pack-Suit of Leaves

; Leaves (card suit), Leaves : One of the four suits in a German pack of cards. Symbol: Bay gras

; led card : The first card played to a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. Sometimes called the leading card. ; led suit : The suit of the first card played to a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. The suit of the #lead card, lead card. ; lone hand, lone player : A player who chooses to play without the help of his #partner, partner's hand. ; long card : A card left in one's hand after all opponents are exhausted of that suit. Similarly, long cards are the dregs of a suit which has been led several times and exhausted in the hands of other players. ; long suit : A suit containing more than four cards e.g. at Whist or the suit with the most cards in a player's hand. ; loser # A player who has lost a game. # A #losing card, losing card. ; losing card : A card that is unlikely to win a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. ; low card # A card of low

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

# A card of low value, especially in Tarot and Tarock games. ; lurch : A player is 'lurched' or 'in the lurch' in

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

like Cribbage, Saunt or Cassino (card game), Cassino if they not only lose but fail to score a minimum number of points, typically half of a winning score. Being in the lurch typically costs double. Similar to schneider.

M

; March (cards), march :

Euchre Euchre or eucre () is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. Normally there are four players, two o ...

term, from the German ''Marsch'' or ''Durchmarsch''. To win every trick in a deal. The score for doing so. The same as #slam, slam. ; make # Fulfil a

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. # Name the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

or

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. ; maker : The player who names the

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

. Also

declarer Card players are those participating in a card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin played in English-speaking countries, ...

or #contractor, contractor. ; master, master card : The best (i.e. highest) card left in a suit which has been played. Also best card,

commanding card The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy) ...

or king card. : The highest card in play from a particular suit. ; matador : A top trump, sometimes with special privileges. However, in some

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

such as Skwitz, it is not a #trump card, trump but a bonus-earning card. Any high trump. ; matsch # A #slam, slam in certain Austrian or Bavarian games. # Failing to win at least a quarter of the points available in some German games. Equivalent to a schneider. ; Meld (cards), meld # Any scoring

combination In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are th ...

of cards announced, shown or played, e.g. three of a #kind, kind or a

sequence In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called ''elements'', or ''terms''). The number of elements (possibly infinite) is calle ...

of three or more cards. A

declaration Declaration may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Declaration'' (book), a self-published electronic pamphlet by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri * ''The Declaration'' (novel), a 2008 children's novel by Gemma Malley Music ...

of such a combination. # To make a meld. ; misère : A

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

or undertaking to lose every

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. Also #bettel, bettel, #bettel, bettler or #null, null. ; Meld (cards), mixed deal : A hand #leading, dealt wrongly. Or to make a mistake while dealing cards. ; mord : A #slam, slam in certain Austrian or German games. ; multipliers : Factors by which the #base value, base value of a

declaration Declaration may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Declaration'' (book), a self-published electronic pamphlet by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri * ''The Declaration'' (novel), a 2008 children's novel by Gemma Malley Music ...

(and sometimes any bonuses) are multiplied to determine the value of a game.

N

; natural : Without the use of a wild card (cards), wild. ; natural card : A card that is not wild card (cards), wild ; natural order, natural ranking : The normal hierarchical sequence of cards within a suit. In a 52-card, French-suited pack the natural order is from Ace (high) to Two (low) i.e. A > K > Q > J > 10 … 2. In a 36-card German-suited pack, it is from Deuce ("Ace") to Seven i.e. D (A) > O > U > 10 … 7. Many games do not follow the natural order, for example, in Ace-Ten games the ranking is A > 10 > K > Q > J... or D (A) > 10 > K > O > U... ; natural suit : The suit that a card would naturally belong to if not designated as e.g. a trump ; negative game : A negative game or negative

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

is one in which the aim is to: # Avoid taking tricks # Lose every trick (as in bettel (cards), ''Bettel'' or misère) # Avoid taking the highest number of points (as in a ''Räuber'' in games like Cego). ; next, next suit : The suit of the same colour as the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

e.g. in

Euchre Euchre or eucre () is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. Normally there are four players, two o ...

. ; non-counter : A card which is not a

counter Counter may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Counter machine, a subclass of register machines * Counter (digital), an electronic device, mechanical device, or computer program for counting * Loop counter, the variable that controls the iter ...

i.e. has no scoring value. ; null, null game # In games of the Skat family, a contract in which the declarer undertakes to lose every

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. # In Swedish Whist, a game in which both sides aim to take the fewest number of tricks. ; numeral : A card for which the

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

is a number (Ace usually counts as 1 in this case), as opposed to the

court cards In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the ...

. Also #pip, pip. See also Pip (counting).

O

; Ober (playing card), Ober : The

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usually ranking between the

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

and the Unter in a

German-suited pack German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub ...

. The equivalent of the

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

in a #French pack, French-suited pack. Formerly also Obermann ("overlord"). ; open # To make the first bid,

declaration Declaration may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Declaration'' (book), a self-published electronic pamphlet by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri * ''The Declaration'' (novel), a 2008 children's novel by Gemma Malley Music ...

or move. # To make the first #bet, bet. # To make the first

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of a suit. "It was correct to open Diamonds..." ; opening lead : The first

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cu ...

of a

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

. ; outbid : To bid higher than an earlier

bidder Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed by ...

. Same as

overcall In contract bridge, an overcall is a bid made after an opening bid has been made by an opponent; the term refers only to the first such bid. A ''direct'' overcall is such a bid made by the player seated immediately to the left of the opener, i.e ...

, but distinct from #overbid, overbid. ; ouvert(e) : A contract played with the player's hand of cards spread out face up on the table so it is visible to the other players ; overbid # A bid of more than the value of the game. # #overcall, Overcall. # An unduly optimistic bid. ; overcall : To bid higher than an earlier

bidder Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed by ...

. May take the form of a suit overcall (bid a higher-value suit e.g. in Preference (Austrian), Preference), majority overcall (bid to take a higher number of tricks e.g. in

Fipsen Fipsen or Fips is an old north German card game for 4 or 5 players that resembles British Nap in some respects. It is a trick-taking game played with a standard Skat pack that was once popular across North Germany in the former states of Schle ...

) or value overcall (bid to win more card points e.g. in Binokel) The name of such a bid. ; overs : Excess points in e.g. Cassino (card game), Cassino. ; overshoot point : In

point-trick game A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

s, a #card point, point in excess of the minimum needed to win the

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

. ; overtake : To play a card higher than the winning card played by your partner, unnecessary to win the

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

but necessary to gain the

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. Not to be confused with

cover Cover or covers may refer to: Packaging * Another name for a lid * Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package * Album cover, the front of the packaging * Book cover or magazine cover ** Book design ** Back cover copy, part of co ...

,

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head the trick The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...

or play over. ; overtrick # To take more tricks than bid or #contract, contracted. # A trick exceeding the bid. ; overruff, overtrump : To play a #trump card, trump higher than any previously played to the

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

.

P

; pack : A complete set of cards. In English-speaking countries, a standard pack comprises 52

French-suited French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of (clovers or clubs ), (tiles or diamonds ), (hearts ), and (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. I ...

cards. In other countries, packs of 24, 32, 36, 40 or 48 cards are common as are #German-suited, German or #Latin-suited, Latin-suited packs. Also deck. ; packet : A portion of a pack, less than the whole pack. ; pair royal : Three cards of the same denomination (

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

). Also called a '#prial, prial' or '#triplet, triplet'. See

set Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics *Set (mathematics), a collection of elements *Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively Electro ...

. ; partie : A game which requires a specified number of deals to decide it, especially at

Piquet Piquet (; ) is an early 16th-century plain-trick card game for two players that became France's national game. David Parlett calls it a "classic game of relatively great antiquity... still one of the most skill-rewarding card games for two" but ...

. See also

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. ; partner : Another player with whom one shares a common score, and with whom one therefore cooperates in

bidding Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed ...

and

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

. ; partnership : Two or more players who play jointly and win or lose together. May be 'fixed', in which case the players play together for the entire session, or 'floating', in which case partners vary from deal to deal, sometimes called an #alliance, alliance. Also called a #side, side or #team, team. ; pass # In

bidding Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed ...

games, to make no bid. # In #vying, vying games to pass the privilege of #betting, betting first. ; penalty : A score awarded for common violations of the rules of the game. It can be awarded either negatively to the violating player/partnership, or positively to their opponent(s) ; penalty card : A card that incurs a

penalty Penalty or The Penalty may refer to: Sports * Penalty (golf) * Penalty (gridiron football) * Penalty (ice hockey) * Penalty (rugby) * Penalty (rugby union) * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty shoot-out (association football) A p ...

, usually a minus score, e.g. the Queen of spades, Queen of Spades and all hearts in Black Lady. ; penny ante : A game played for insignificant #stake, stakes. ; picture card : Usually the same as

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

, but can include the #Ace, Aces as well. ; pile : A set of cards placed on a surface so that they partially or completely overlap. Also #stack, stack. ; Pip (counting), pip # A #numeral, numeral. # A suit symbol (e.g. , , , or Bay eichel

,

) on a card. # A #card points, card point in point-trick games. Not necessarily the same as the actual number of pips (symbols) on a pip card.

Court cards In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the ...

also have a pip value. ; pip card : See #numeral, numeral. ; pip value : The numerical, #index, index or #face value, face value of a card. ; plain card : a card other than a

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

. ; plain suit : Any suit that is not a

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

. ; play # To contribute a card to a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

. # To move a card to a place on the table (either from the players hand, or from elsewhere on the table), in Patience games. # The card played or the move made. # The stage of the game during which the players' #hand, hands are depleted by plays to tricks or to a common #pile, pile, etc. The "rules of play" are the rules for playing tricks, etc. e.g. stating that players must follow suit if able, otherwise may play any card (as at Whist). # #Bet, Betting in general. ; play over : To play a higher card. : To

cover Cover or covers may refer to: Packaging * Another name for a lid * Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package * Album cover, the front of the packaging * Book cover or magazine cover ** Book design ** Back cover copy, part of co ...

i.e. play a higher card of the same suit. Not to be confused with

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head the trick The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...

or overtake. ; pone :US term for non-dealer in some two-player

card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

e.g. Colonel (card game), Colonel or the player on the dealer's right, who #cut, cuts the cards. ; pool : See pot. ; positional priority : The priority a player has by virtue of his position in relation to the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

and direction of play. Normally forehand or #eldest, eldest hand has the highest priority, followed by the other players in the order of play. So, for example, in an

auction An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder. Some exceptions to this definition ex ...

if two players bid the same ranking

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

and

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

is clockwise, the player nearest the dealer's left hand usually has priority. Virapulla - IMG 7659

; pot # A container into which money or

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are paid initially and during a game and from which the winnings are paid out. # The contents of the pot. An accumulation of chips, antes, bets, forfeits, etc., to win which is the object of the game. ; preference : A bid in the #preference suit, preferred suit. ; preferred suit, preference suit : A suit that has #bidding, bidding preference over the rest, as in Boston (card game), Boston,

Préférence Préférence, frequently spelt Preference, is a Central and Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding, played by three players with a 32-card Piquet deck, and probably originating in early 19th century Austria, becoming the second ...

or

Fipsen Fipsen or Fips is an old north German card game for 4 or 5 players that resembles British Nap in some respects. It is a trick-taking game played with a standard Skat pack that was once popular across North Germany in the former states of Schle ...

. ; prial : A 'pair royal'. A

set Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics *Set (mathematics), a collection of elements *Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively Electro ...

of three cards of the same

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

. ; protection. : Cards that #guard, guard others, normally of higher

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

. ; punter : Person who lays bets in a

banking game The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

.

Q

; quart : A

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of four cards of the same suit. ; quart major : The Ace, King, Queen and Jack of one suit. ; Queen : The

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

ranking naturally between the

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

and the

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

or #Knave, Knave. In Tarock card games, Tarot and Tarock games, it ranks between the King and the

Cavalier The term Cavalier () was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – ) ...

. ; quinte or quint : A

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of five cards of the same suit. ; quinte major or quint major : The Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of one suit. ; quinte minor or quint minor : The King, Queen, Jack, Ten and Nine of one suit. ; quitted trick : A

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

that has been taken and turned face down.

R

; raise # To name a higher

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

than one has #call, called previously because one has been overcalled # To increase one's stake # To increase the game value ; rank : The position of a card relative to others in the same suit. The order of the ranks depends on the game being played. ; Rearhand (card player), rearhand # Usually refers to the player who sits to the right of the dealer in a four-handed, clockwise game. However, in a three-hand

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

, rearhand is the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

; the last active player to receive cards. Also called #endhand, endhand. # The last player to the trick. Also said to be "in rearhand". ; redeal # A new

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

by the same

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

after an irregularity. #:A new

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

of some of the cards, e.g. the

wastepile The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

in Patience games. # The action of #deal, dealing again. ; redouble : To #double, double, again, a bid that has already been doubled once. ; reduce : To shed one's hand of #deadwood, deadwood e.g. in

Rummy Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build '' melds'' which can be either sets (three or four of a k ...

. ; regular pack : A #pack, pack of cards comprising suits each distinguished by a suit sign and divided into #numeral, numeral and

court cards In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the ...

, as opposed to a Tarot pack that has additional cards known variously as #Tarot, tarots, #Tarock, tarocks or #Tarocchi, tarocchi and which do not have suit signs, numerals and courts. ; renege # To #revoke, revoke. This is the most common usage. # To legally play a card of a suit other than the led suit. # To legally withhold a high #trump card, trump when a lower trump is led. ; renounce # To fail to follow suit legally because one is void; a void. This is the most common usage. # Of a suit, void. Having none of the suit led."B" (1858), p. 24. # To play a card of a different suit from the

led suit The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy) ...

. May be legal or not, depending on the rules. ; return : To lead back, usually the suit that partner led. ; reversible : See #double-ended, double-ended. ; revoke # To fail to

follow suit A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

when able to do so and the rules require it. Normally incurs a

penalty Penalty or The Penalty may refer to: Sports * Penalty (golf) * Penalty (gridiron football) * Penalty (ice hockey) * Penalty (rugby) * Penalty (rugby union) * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty shoot-out (association football) A p ...

. # To breach the rules of #follow suit, following suit, trumping, #head the trick, heading or #go over, going over. ; rob # To exchange a hand card for the trump turn-up. # To discard several cards in exchange for the remaining trumps in the pack. ; rotation : The direction of #deal, dealing,

bidding Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed ...

and #play, playing e.g. clockwise (to the left) is standard for American and English games. Anticlockwise (to the right) is common in traditional European games. ; round # The events between the

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player's action, and the youngest player's action of the same type (i.e. deal, bid, play), inclusive. A phase of play in which everyone has the same opportunity to perform such an action. # A series of #hand, hands in which each player has dealt only once. ; round game : One in which there are no #partner, partnerships and everyone plays for himself or herself. : One playable by an indefinite number of players, typically 3 to 7. ; royal card : See

court card A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordan ...

. ; rubber : A match consisting of a number of #game session, games, typically three. ; ruff # To trump a suit i.e. when a non-trump was led. # An instance of ruffing. # Historically, to #rob, rob the

trump Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. T ...

#turn-up, turnup. ; Run (cards), run : A combination of three or more playing cards with consecutive

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

values. Also called a

sequence In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called ''elements'', or ''terms''). The number of elements (possibly infinite) is calle ...

.

S

; sandbag : To withhold an action on a good hand in order to trap an opponent into greater loss. ; scat : See skat. ; schmear : See smear. ; schneider (cards), schneider : When a player or team wins over 3/4 of the available card points in point-trick games, thus scoring a bonus. Typical of the Skat and

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

families. The team scoring less than 1/4 of the points is said to be ''schneidered'' or 'in ''schneider. The successful player or team is said to have won ''schneider''. See also lurch. ; schwarz (cards), schwarz : When a player or team wins every

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

of the hand, thus scoring a #bonus, bonus. The other side is said to be ''schwarzed''. Common in games of the Skat and

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

family. ; seat : Position relative to the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

: for example, in bridge, the dealer's left-hand opponent is said to be in ''second seat''. ; second hand : The second player in turn to

call Call or Calls may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Call, a type of betting in poker * Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage Music and dance * Call (band), from Lahore, Paki ...

or play. ; second turn : The turning over of the second card of the skat for trump, e.g. in Reunion or Skat. ; see, seeing : To #hold, hold a higher bet in a #vying, vying game. ; see saw : See #cross-ruff, cross-ruff. ; selected suit : See #chosen suit, chosen suit. AcetoFive

; Run (cards), sequence : Three or more cards adjacent in

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

. The adjectives ''ascending'' and ''descending'' may be applied (i.e. "building in ascending sequence" means "laying cards out so that each has the next highest rank to the previous one"). A sequence need not all be of the same suit. Also #run, run. ; Set (cards), set : Three or more cards of the same

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

. ; shed : To #discard, discard. ; short deck : See #shortened pack, short pack. ; short game : Any game in which not all the cards of a pack are put into play, e.g. ''kurzer'' or short

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

which is played with 24 cards. ; short suit : A suit with less than four cards, two cards or fewer than the average cards for the suit. ; stripped deck, short pack, shortened pack : A set of cards that has been reduced in size from a full pack (normally of 52 cards) by the removal of a certain card or cards. ; shuffle : Rearrange (a deck of cards) by sliding the cards over each other quickly.(verb) : An act of shuffling a deck of cards. (noun) ; shut out : Defeated without a single point. ; side : See

partnership A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as business partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments ...

. ; side card : A card of a #side suit, side suit; a non-trump. ; side money : A bet in a #side pot, side pot. ; side payment : When players are primarily playing for the #stake, stakes in a pot, this is a separate payment directly from one player's pocket to another, for example to reward a #bonus, bonus. ; side pot : A pot that is separate from the main pot, either for specific bonuses or used when the main pot reaches a certain limit. ; side strength : A player with side strength has high cards in #side suit, side suits. ; side suit : A suit that is not the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

; plain suit. ; signal : Any convention of play whereby the team members properly give each other information as allowed by the rules. ; single, singly : The basic, usually lowest, value of a game is described as 'single'. A game is won 'singly' if its value is not increased by bonus factors such as winning schneider which would double the score or winning schwarz which might quadruple it. ; single-ended, single-figured, single-headed : Of a playing card, being designed so that it can only be properly read one way up. There are usually no indices and the courts depict full length figures. Today they have been largely replaced by #double-ended, double-ended or reversible cards. ; singleton : Only one card of a suit. ; skat or scat # #widow, Widow; extra cards dealt to the table which may be used for exchanging later. Also #blind, blind. # Note that, in German, 'skat' can also mean

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i.e. lacking any cards of a given suit and therefore 'seeking the skat' means looking for an opponent's void suit. ; slam : Winning every trick. Sometimes called a 'grand slam', with a 'little slam' being every trick bar one. Also called a march (e.g.

Euchre Euchre or eucre () is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. Normally there are four players, two o ...

), mord (e.g. Brandle (card game), Brandle and Grasobern), #durch, durch or durchmarsch, (e.g. Skat and

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

), #matsch, matsch, #tout, tout or #vole, vole. ; sleeping : Said of cards that are not in play because e.g. they are in the unused part of the pack. See #active, active. ; sluff or slough : To discard. To play a card of little or no value. ; smear or schmear : To play a high-scoring card to a

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

if it is likely to be won by one's

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, especially in

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

or Sheepshead (card game), Sheepshead. Also #fatten, fatten. ; sneak : Lead a

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in order to be able to

trump Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. T ...

(#ruff, ruff) the second round of the suit. ; soft score : A game played for 'soft score' – as opposed to

hard score The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

is one played for anything other than money, usually points. The score may be chalked on a slate, recorded with pencil and paper. Equally, counters, tokens or chips or even matches may be used. ; solo # A hand #contract, contract i.e. one played without the aid of the skat or

widow A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

. # A contract played alone against the combined efforts of all other players. ; soloist : Player who plays a #solo, solo. ; sous-forcer :See #underforce, underforce. Suit of Spades-Écarté ranking-52-card pack

Suit of Spades-Écarté ranking-52-card pack

; Spades (card suit), Spades : One of the four suits in a French pack of cards. Symbol: Naipe espadas

; spot card : See #numeral, numeral ; squeeze : In trick-taking game, a player is 'squeezed' if he has to weaken himself in either of 2 suits, but has no way of deciding which. ; stack : A #pile, pile of cards, less than the whole pack, placed on top of each other and usually face down. ; stake # The money, counters or chips that a player places during a game. # The agreed monetary amount to be paid for each point, game or

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. ; staking board : A board with compartments, cards or marked areas on which stakes are laid during a game as in Newmarket or

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. ; staking layout : A marked-out area on the table or a set of face-up cards on which stakes are placed. ; stand # Refuse to draw additional cards. # Accept the turn-up as #trump suit, trump. # Remain in the current

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

or pot, as opposed to #drop, drop. ; stay # Remain in the current

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

or pot, as opposed to #drop, drop. # Refuse to draw additional cards. Also stick. ; stick : Stand fast and refuse to draw additional cards. ; stock : A pile of cards, face down, which are left over after setting up the rest of the game (i.e. dealing hands, setting up other layout areas) and will be used in the rest of the game. Also talon. ; stop, stop card : A card which, when played, ends a

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of cards on the table or a card that is undealt whose absence prevents the completion of a sequence. Gives its name to the Stops family of games. ; Stops family, Stops group : A family or group of matching games in which cards must be played in ascending

sequence In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called ''elements'', or ''terms''). The number of elements (possibly infinite) is calle ...

and usually in suit. The aim is to be first to #shed, shed all one's cards. The cards out of play or which terminate the sequence are called #stops, stops. Examples include

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, Pope Joan (card game), Pope Joan, Michigan (card game), Michigan, Newmarket and Yellow Dwarf (card game), Yellow Dwarf. ; Suit (cards), suit : Any of the sets of cards in a pack that share the same #pip, pip symbol. For examples see #French-suited pack, French-suited pack,

German-suited pack German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub ...

and Latin-suited pack. 3deespadas

; sweetener # An additional stake #ante, anted to the pot in Poker to encourage players to stay in the game. # A small bet in Poker not meant to cause an opponent to fold but to build up the pot.''Pot Sweetener''
at pokerstrategy.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021. # An agreed amount that everyone pays into the pot following an auction in which all passed e.g. in

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

. The pot goes to the next player to win a bid. ; sweep # In fishing games to clear the table by capturing all the table cards upon it at that time. Usually earns a bonus. # The cards so captured. ; swing # Lead the master card of a suit. # One of an unbroken

sequence In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called ''elements'', or ''terms''). The number of elements (possibly infinite) is calle ...

of cards from the top of the suit downwards. ; Swords (card suit), Swords : One of the four suits in a #Latin-suited, Latin-suited pack of cards. Symbol: Seme spade carte bergamasche

or

T

; tableau : Layout of face-up table cards in games like Yellow Dwarf (card game), Yellow Dwarf, Zwickern, Zwicker and games of the

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family. See Glossary of patience terms. ; talon (cards), talon :The undealt portion of the pack which will be used in the rest of the game. Also stock. Tarockkarten in der Hand eines Spielers

; Tarocchi : #trump card, Trump cards in tarot games of Italian origin. Also

Tarock Tarot games are card games played with tarot decks, that is, decks with numbered permanent trumps parallel to the suit cards. The games and decks which English-speakers call by the French name Tarot are called Tarocchi in the original Italian, ...

or #Tarocchi, Tarocchi in games from other countries. ; Tarock card games, Tarock : A

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in tarot games of Austrian or German origin. Also #Tarot, Tarot or #Tarocchi, Tarocchi in games from other countries. Also spelt Taroc or Tarok. ; Tarot card games, Tarot : A

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in tarot games of French origin. Also

Tarock Tarot games are card games played with tarot decks, that is, decks with numbered permanent trumps parallel to the suit cards. The games and decks which English-speakers call by the French name Tarot are called Tarocchi in the original Italian, ...

or #Tarocchi, Tarocchi in games from other countries. ; team : See

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. ; tenace : A combination of high cards not in sequence. ''Major tenace'': A-Q (or K-C in Tarock games); ''minor tenace'': K-J (or Q-J in Tarock games); ''double tenace'': A-Q-10 (or K-C-10/A in Tarock games). ; throw in : To return cards to the

dealer Dealer may refer to: Film and TV * ''Dealers'' (film), a 1989 British film * ''Dealers'' (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items * ''The Dealer'' (film), filmed in 2008 and released in 2010 * ...

if, for example, no-one makes a bid or if the cards are misdealt. ; throw off : To #discard, discard or smear. ; touching : Said of cards that are adjacent in

rank Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as: Level or position in a hierarchical organization * Academic rank * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy * ...

. ; tout : Winning all the tricks in European games. Also #durch, durch, #durch, durchmarsch,

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, #matsch, matsch, #slam, slam or #vole, vole. ; Trey : The Three of any suit. Also 'three-spot'. ; trick (cards), trick : See Trick-taking game. A set of cards played by each player in turn, during the

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

of a hand. ; triplet : Three of a kind. ; tripleton : Three cards of a suit in the hand. ; trump (card games), trump # A privileged card whose trick-taking power is greater than any plain suit card. # The

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

. # A card in the special suit of #trumps, trumps found in #Tarot, tarot packs such as the Tarot Nouveau. # To play a #trump card, trump after a plain suit has been #lead, led. Also #ruff, ruff. ; trump suit : A privileged suit in which, in the current

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

, all its cards #ranking, rank higher than any #plain suit, plain (=non-trump) card. ; turn the corner : Said of a sequence of cards when the top card (typically the Ace or King) is preceded by high cards on one side and low cards on the other e.g. 3-2-A-K-Q-J. ; turn-up : A card turned up at the start of a game to determine the

trump suit A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a ''trump suit''; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms ''tru ...

.

U

; ultimo : Winning the last

trick Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and univers ...

with the lowest

trump Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. T ...

or, sometimes, with a King. ; unchosen suit : In games of the Karnöffel Group, a suit, usually ranking in the #natural order, natural order, most of all of whose cards have no special privileges, in contrast to the #chosen suit, chosen suits. Sometimes called an unselected suit. ; underforce or under-force :To answer a card with one of the same suit, but inferior value to those remaining in hand; e.g. putting the Nine of Clubs on the Ten, having the Ace in hand. Also under-force, under-play or sous-forcer. ; underlead : To lead a low card when holding the top card or cards in a suit. ; underplay or under-play # To

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or

follow suit A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

with a lower card when holding a higher one; #hold up, hold up; refuse to

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. # See #underforce, underforce. ; undershoot point : In

point-trick game A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

s, a #card point, point shy of the minimum needed to win the

deal A deal, or deals may refer to: Places United States * Deal, New Jersey, a borough * Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Deal Lake, New Jersey Elsewhere * Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia * Deal, Kent, a town in England * Deal, ...

. ; undertrick # To fall short of the declared number of tricks. # A trick short of the bid. ; unguarded : Unprotected by another, usually lower, card of the same suit. See also blank. ; unload : To get rid of dangerous cards from one's hand. Schafkopf - the four Unters

; unselected suit : See #unchosen suit, unchosen suit. ; Unter (playing card), Unter : The

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usually ranking between the Ober and the Ten in a

German-suited pack German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub ...

. The equivalent of the

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

in a #French pack, French-suited pack. Formerly also Untermann ("underling"). ; upcard # A card laid on the table face-up. # The top card of a pile, turned face up.

V

; Valet : The

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in certain

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. Also #Knave, Knave. ; value : See

card points The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

; variant : A game version whose aim, mechanism of play, equipment or tactics are sufficiently different for it to be viewed as a separate, albeit related, game. ; variation # A game version in which there are minor rule differences, but in which the aim, mechanism of play and tactics remain the same. # A minor rule difference. ; vie, vying : To claim you have, or will have, the best hand and stake money on it. Vying includes an element of #bluffing, bluffing. ; Void (cards), void : Having no card of a given suit. Also #blank suit, blank suit. : To discard all cards of a given suit. ; vole : Winning all the tricks in some English and European games. Also #durch, durch, #durch, durchmarsch,

march March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March ...

, #matsch, matsch, #slam, slam or #tout, tout.

W

; wastepile or waste-pile : A pile of #discard, discards or cards that a player is unable to play. Also

discard pile The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

. ; whitewashed : Losing without scoring a point. See also schwarz. ; talon (cards), widow : American term for a #blind, blind or skat. Hand of cards dealt face down on the table at the start of play that may subsequently be used by players to exchange cards. ; Wild card (card games), wild card : A card that may be designated by the owner to represent any other card. A #Joker, Joker is often used as a wild card, but can also have other uses.

Y

; youngest : The last player to play before the

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player's second turn. Some family games will use ''

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'' and ''youngest'' to refer to the players' actual ages.

Game-specific glossaries

A few games or families of games have enough of their own specific terminology to warrant their own glossaries: * Blackjack. See the glossary of blackjack terms. * Bridge. See the glossary of contract bridge terms which covers contract bridge, duplicate bridge, and auction bridge; some of the terms are also used in whist, bid whist, and other

trick-taking game A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a '' hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such ...

s. * Patience (game), Patience or Solitaire. See the glossary of patience and solitaire terms. * Poker. See the glossary of poker terms. *

Schafkopf Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where ...

. See Schafkopf language. * Skat. See the glossary of Skat terms.

Footnotes

References

Literature

• _ (1881). ''Ausführliche anleitung zum Deutschtarokspielen''. Munich: Cäsar Fritsch. 88 pp. * * * * * * Dummett, Sir Michael (1980). ''The Game of Tarot''. London: Duckworth. * * * * * * Goren, Charles (1950). ''Goren's Hoyle''. NY: Greystone. * * * * * Pardon, George Frederick (1864). ''The Card Player''. London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge. * Parlett, David (1979). ''The Penguin Book of Patience''. London: Penguin. * * * * * * * {{Non trick-taking card games Glossaries of card games, Card game terms Card game terminology, Glossary