The following is a

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of terms used in

card games A card game is any game that uses playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, whether the cards are of a traditional design or specifically created for the game (proprietary). Countless card games exist, including famil ...

. 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 A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

, hearts,

poker Poker is a family of Card game#Comparing games, comparing card games in which Card player, players betting (poker), wager over which poker hand, hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, with varying rules i ...

rummy Rummy is a group of games related by the feature of matching playing cards, cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build ''Meld (cards), melds'' which can be either Set (cards), sets (three ...

), but apply to a wide range of card games played with non-proprietary packs. It should not include terms solely related to casino or banking games. For glossaries that relate primarily to one game or family of similar games, see Game-specific glossaries.

A

;

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 a club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the ...

# The card with one pip in a pack of cards. Usually the highest card of a

suit A suit, also called a lounge suit, business suit, dress suit, or formal suit, is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles generally worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes. A skirt su ...

ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items, often recorded in a list, 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 ...

immediately above the

king King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...

. May also occupy the lowest rank. # Commonly refers to the Deuce or Two in German-suited packs which don't have real Aces. Often the highest card of a suit. Bavarian pack-Suit of Acorns

; acorns : One of the four suits in a German-suited pack of cards. Symbol: Bay eichel

; active # A card that is in play i.e. not

sleeping Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain Sensory nervous system, sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there is a marked decrease in muscle activity and interactions with th ...

. # See active player. ; active player # A player who receives cards in the current

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(i.e. is not sitting out because there are more players than the

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is designed for as in four-hand Skat or five-hand

Schafkopf Schafkopf (, lit. 'sheep's head'), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German Trick-taking game, trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. ...

). # A player who has ''not'' withdrawn from the current

but elected to play on (as in

Rams In engineering, reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS)Poker Poker is a family of Card game#Comparing games, comparing card games in which Card player, players betting (poker), wager over which poker hand, hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, with varying rules i ...

). ; adversary : Any opposing player, especially in two-hand

games A game is a Structure, structured type of play (activity), play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an Educational game, educational tool. Many games are also considered to be Work (human activity), work (such as p ...

, 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, television, and theatre Film * ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary * ''The D ...

. ; 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 Abrahamic religions Entertainment Fiction * Adversary (comics), villain from t ...

or opponent e.g. an adverse

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is one made by an opponent; adverse trumps are those held by one's opponent(s). ; age : Order of priority for

leading In typography, leading ( ) is the space between adjacent lines of type; the exact definition varies. In hand typesetting, leading is the thin strips of lead (or aluminium) that were inserted between lines of type in the composing stick to incre ...

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 ele ...

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 b ...

, 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 agreement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments or combinations. Organizations ...

that lasts only for the current

hand A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the Koala#Characteristics, koala (which has two thumb#O ...

(e.g. Prop and Cop in

Solo Whist Solo whist is the English form of Wiezen (Belgian or Ghent Whist), a simple game of the Boston family played in the Low Countries. It is a trick-taking card game for four players in which players can bid to make eight tricks in trumps with any pa ...

or the normal

). ; alone : Playing without the help of a partner. See

and soloist. ; announce : See declare. ; announcement # Often used in both senses of declaration. 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 ...

of cards in one's

. ; ante # A mandatory stake made before the

begins - usually by all players, sometimes by the

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 call ...

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

where players may bid to lead the

, or bid on a certain

or privilege in that hand such as naming the trump suit. The player with the highest bid wins the auction and plays his chosen

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 suc ...

s.''Glossary of Card Game Terms''
at www.catsatcards.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018

B

; balanced hand : A hand of cards with no void suit, singleton or very long suit. ; banker : Also called the

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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 banking game. A

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

card game A card game is any game that uses playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, whether the cards are of a traditional design or specifically created for the game (proprietary). Countless card games exist, including famil ...

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

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, who controls the

. ; base value : A constant factor in working out the value of a game e.g. Skat. ; batch : See packet. ; batons : One of the four suits in a Latin-suited

pack Pack or packs may refer to: Music * Packs (band), a Canadian indie rock band * ''Packs'' (album), by Your Old Droog * ''Packs'', a Berner album Places * Pack, Styria, defunct Austrian municipality * Pack, Missouri, United States (US) * ...

of cards. Symbol: Seme bastoni carte bergamasche

; 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

of the

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

; best : Highest

. ; best card : Highest card of a

not yet played. The commanding card, master card. Also king card. ; bet # Any wager on the outcome of a

; any

put in a pot; to put chips in a pot. # The first bet in a betting interval. ; bête, bate, bete or beet. # A penalty payment in certain

for e.g. for failing to take the minimum number of tricks, or for a stake or money which a player has lost.�
Bete
�� In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 2. Leipzig 1905, S. 765. # A player who fails to takes a single trick in Mistigri.�
Mistigri
�� In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Vol. 13. Leipzig 1908, p. 907. Likewise in Mauscheln, if the

, or ''Mauschler'', fails to win a trick, he is the ''Mauschlerbete''. # Failure to make a

contract A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties. A contract typically involves consent to transfer of goods, services, money, or promise to transfer any of thos ...

. # Conceding defeat without playing. # ''Double bête'': a double penalty, usually for failing to make a

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

to win no tricks. Also misère. ; bid # An offer to win a minimum or specified number of tricks or points or the privilege of naming the trump suit or the

.Galt, David
''Card Game Glossary''
at entertainment.howstuffworks.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018. # To make a bid. ; bidder # Any player who makes a bid. # The player who makes the highest bid and plays out his announced

. ;

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# In card-point

, a card that is worth no points. A non-counter. # A hand with no court cards, 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. Playing cards In playing cards, pips are small symbols on the front side of the cards that de ...

. # A card that is unguarded by other, usually lower cards in the same suit: "I held the blank king of spades."Simpson, J.A. and E.S.C. Weiner (1989)
''The Oxford English Dictionary''
Vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon. p. 261. # To discard in such a way as to leave a card unprotected: "She blanked the king of spades." # To void a suit. ; blank suit : A

of which one holds no cards. A void (suit). To ''blank a suit'' is to get rid of all the cards of that suit from one's hand. ; blaze : A

consisting only of court cards. ; blind # A dummy hand, for example, in Cego. # Cards dealt to the table as a skat or

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. ; blocking : Blocking a

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 of cards in one's

. # 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 ...

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. ; bonus : An extra amount added to a player's score for the

for holding or winning certain cards or for achieving certain goals, such as '' Schneider''. ; bower : The jack of the trump suit or the Jack of the same colour as the trump suit e.g. in

Euchre Euchre or eucre ( ) is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game played in Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, Upstate New York, and the Midwestern United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 25, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. There are no ...

or Reunion. :: ''left bower'': the jack of the same colour as the trump suit. :: ''right bower'': the jack of the trump suit. ; bring in a suit : Make tricks in a plain suit after the adverse trumps are exhausted. ; bury a card : To place a card in the middle of the

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

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

, ( skat or

) 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

card or cards e.g. in

Préférence Préférence, frequently spelt Preference, is a Central Europe, Central and Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding (cards), bidding, played by three players with a 32-card Piquet deck, and probably originating in early 19th centur ...

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

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or talon.

C

; call : To declare, bid or pass. Any such declaration ; capture : To pick up or take cards during play, often as part of a trick. ;

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

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

. ; 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 games. Card points are used to determine the winner of a

, based on the value of individual cards won. Not to be confused with game points. Sometimes called pips. ; card value : See card points. ; carte blanche : A hand with no court cards (see

), for example, in Piquet,

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or Bezique; or with either no court cards or no

Briscan Briscan is an 18th-century, French ace–ten card game for two players played with a 32-card piquet pack. It is a member of the marriage group of games in which the 'marriage' of a king and queen brings a bonus score, but briscan takes this simpl ...

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

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: The

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in certain card packs that usually ranks below the

queen Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Q ...

and above the jack. ; chicane : A hand with no trumps. ; chip : A token used in place of money; a counter; 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. Jetons for calcul ...

. ; 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. Sometimes called a selected suit. Often misnamed a trump suit.''Karnöffel Group''
at pagat.com. Retrieved 11 October 2020. ; circle : A local group of card players who meet regularly to play a particular game. ; claim # An action or statement by which a player indicates he believes he will take all the remaining tricks. # To make such an action e.g. by laying one's

down or saying "the rest are mine" in expectation that the opponents will concede."The Rest are Mine"
at bridgewebs.com. Retrieved 13 August 2023. Giatribai

; clear #

Establish Establishment may refer to: * The Establishment, a dominant group or elite that controls a polity or an organization * The Establishment (club), a 1960s club in London, England * The Establishment (Pakistan), political terminology for the military ...

a card or

by forcing out adverse higher cards or stoppers. # Having taken no

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e.g. in Hearts. ; close : To bar further use of the talon by turning the trump card over and placing it on the top in

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 Hung ...

. ;

clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Club (magazine), ''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 a ...

: 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

of cards. Symbol: SuitClubs

; coat card : Original term for

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

;

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: One of the four suits in a Latin-suited

of cards. Symbol: Seme denari carte bergamasche

; color, colour : In French-suited packs, this is the colour of the suit symbols, which is red for hearts and

diamonds Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond is tasteless, odourless, strong, brittle solid, colourless in pure form, a poor conductor of electricity, and insol ...

and black for

and spades. ; combination : Two or more cards that score a bonus when melded. Often called a meld. ; command : The best card of a

, usually applied to suits which the

is trying to

establish Establishment may refer to: * The Establishment, a dominant group or elite that controls a polity or an organization * The Establishment (club), a 1960s club in London, England * The Establishment (Pakistan), political terminology for the military ...

. See best card, king card and master card. ; commanding card # The best card of a

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 or the right bower in

euchre Euchre or eucre ( ) is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game played in Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, Upstate New York, and the Midwestern United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 25, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. There are no ...

. ; compendium game : A game in which a number of different

contracts A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties. A contract typically involves consent to transfer of goods, services, money, or promise to transfer any of thos ...

is played in succession e.g. Barbu,

Quodlibet A quodlibet (; Latin for "whatever you wish" from '' quod'', "what" and '' libet'', "pleases") is a musical composition that combines several different melodies—usually popular tunes—in counterpoint, and often in a light-hearted, humorous ma ...

and

Poch Poch, Pochen or Pochspiel () 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. Games related to P ...

. ; contract : An agreement or obligation to play a certain type of

, to win a certain number of points or tricks in a

round Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * Having no sharp corners, as an ellipse, circle, or sphere * Rounding, reducing the number of significant figures in a number * Round number, ending with one or more zeroes * Round (crypt ...

. ; contractor : The highest

bidder Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a Product (business), product or Service (economics), service ''or'' a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or Value (ec ...

who then plays out his

. ; 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 chip. Also

. # Card with a point value. Also counting card. ; counting card # A card that has an intrinsic scoring value when taken in a trick. Also counter. ; count out # During play, to claim to have enough points for

, thus ending the play; to go out during the play. ;

: One of the picture cards i.e. a

or jack in a French pack; a king,

Ober Ober may refer to: * Ober (playing card), court card in the German and Swiss styles of playing cards * Ober, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Starke County * Oberek (also ''ober''), a lively Polish dance in triple metre ...

or Unter in a German pack, or a king, queen,

and

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in a Tarot pack. 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. In a standard 52-card pack of the English pattern, ...

, picture card or royal card. Originally coat card. ; cover # To play a higher card ''of the same

'' than any previously played to the trick. See also overtake. # To play a higher card than the highest so far played to the trick. See also go over,

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 ...

and play over. ; cross-ruff : Two partners alternately trumping a different

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

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: One of the four suits in a Latin-suited

of cards. Symbol: Seme coppe carte bergamasche

;

cut Cut or 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 ** ...

: To divide the deck into two parts; usually after

shuffling Shuffling is a technique used to randomize a deck of playing cards, introducing an element of chance into card games. Various shuffling methods exist, each with its own characteristics and potential for manipulation. One of the simplest shuf ...

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

is trumps.

D

; dead card : One that cannot be used in the

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

Rummy Rummy is a group of games related by the feature of matching playing cards, cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build ''Meld (cards), melds'' which can be either Set (cards), sets (three ...

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

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

them, having them

and redistributing them, but in other

(such as Patience games) it simply involves turning over the wastepile to act as a new

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

;

: The person whose turn and responsibility it is to

the cards. ; deck : May refer either to the

or the

/ 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 t ...

, as in Piquet. 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

at which a deal is played. A

call Call or Calls may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Call (poker), a bet matching an opponent's * Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage Music and dance * Call (band), from L ...

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

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. # 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

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

of cards in one's

. ; declarer : In a contract game, the highest

who then tries to achieve the announced

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

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. The player who made the highest bid and his or her partner who join forces to achieve the announced

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

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or Skat. Originally those 'defending' the

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

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

; deuce : The two of any

. In German-suited packs, the deuce is nowadays usually called the

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

: 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 and unwilling or unable to

. # 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. ; 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

in the hand. ; downcard : A card lying face down. ; draw : To take a card from the

( 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

by letting players choose a card at random from the fanned

or by

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the pack ; draw pile : The

or talon when it is specifically used for

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cards during play. ; dress # To set up the layout required before play e.g. to set up the 4 cards in Newmarket and place stakes on them # To ante counters or stakes to a pot or

at the start of a hand. ; drop, drop out # To withdraw from the current

, for example in Mauscheln,

, Three-card Loo and Toepen. Also fold. # To discard one's hand rather than stake enough

to stay in the

, for example in vying games like Brag and

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

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E

; elder # Sitting at the left when the

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is clockwise. # Non-dealer in two-hand play. ; eldest # Of several players, the one nearest the dealer's left when the

is clockwise. May not necessarily be

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. # Short for

. ;

: This is the player to the left of the

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 declare and

. The first player to play in the

. Called forehand in many

. ; empty card : In Tarock games, a card without a special point value, usually a pip card, but sometimes also an ordinary trump (i.e. not one of the Trull cards.Dummett & McLeod (2003), pp. 4–9. ; endhand : See rearhand. ; entrump : To make a particular suit trumps. ; 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 in it, regardless of who

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. ; exit : To relinquish the

; force another player to win the trick.

F

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

: See

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

and value. Also upcard. ; face value : The marked value of a card. Also pip value. Court cards 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

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, 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 that is rich in counting cards. ; favourite, favourite suit : See preference suit. ; fiche : A long rectangular counter used in some French card games and Danish Tarok that is worth a number of jetons, typically 10 or 20. See also contrat. ; finesse : An attempt to take a trick with a card that is not the best of the

; first hand # The leader to a trick. # The first player to

. #

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. ;

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: Cards of the same

. ; fold : To concede; to withdraw or surrender the current

, for example in games like Toepen, Watten and games of the

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family. Also drop or drop out. ; follow suit : To play a card of the led suit. ; force # To compel a player to

a trick 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

in which all players must play and none may drop out. Also known in German

as a 'muss'. See

. ; forehand # Another term for

usually in

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

. Sits to the left of the

in clockwise games and right of the dealer in anticlockwise games. # The player who has the right to lead to a trick or who is earlier in the order of play and therefore has positional priority. Also said to be ''in forehand''. ; French-suited pack : A

of cards with the four suits:

, spades, hearts and

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

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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

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or the Eights and Nines in

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. # 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. # A bid, declaration or

. # 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 games, the score awarded to the players based on the outcome of a

, the game value of a

and any bonuses earned. Game points are accumulated (or deducted) to decide the overall winner. Not to be confused with card points. ; game value : The amount a

is worth in points or hard score ; German-suited pack : A

of cards with the four suits: acorns,

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, 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

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

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or b) you have achieved the tricks or points needed to win (e.g. in Fipsen or Sixty-Six). ; go over # To bid higher; overcall. # To

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

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

. ; hand card : A card held in the hand as opposed to one on the table. ;

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or handplay. : A type of

in certain

in which the skat or

is not used. ; hard score : A game played for 'hard score' – as opposed to those played for soft score – 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. Also go over or play over (but that can also mean to play a higher card of the same suit). Not to be confused with cover or overtake. Swedish pattern cards-Suit of Hearts down to Six-IMG 7484

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: or ; hold : As an earlier

in the

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

. ; 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

. : In

, the Ace, King, Queen, Jack or Ten in a suit. ; house : See

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

family, or scoring less than 1/4 of the points, as in games of the Sjavs family. ; Jack : The

ranking, naturally, between the

and the Ten. Also called the knave or

in certain

. ;

: A circular counter which forms the basic unit of scoring or payment, especially in French card games. Often used along with fiches and contrats which are worth more. See also chip. ; joker : A card, usually depicting a jester, used as the highest

or as a wild card.

K

; kibitzer : Onlooker at a

. ; kind : See

. ;

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: The highest

, usually

between the

and the

. ; king card : The best card remaining unplayed of the suit. Also best card, commanding card and master card. ; kitty :Additional cards dealt face down in some

. ; knave : The jack in certain

. Also

. ; knight : See

. ; knock : As the cutter, to tap the

with a fist to indicate that you are satisfied with the 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

of cards with the four suits:

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, Batons,

and

. So-called because it originated in Spain and Italy. Compare with French and German-suited pack. ; lay away : To discard after picking up the skat or

. ; lay down : To meld a

. ; lay off : Especially in games of the Rummy family, to add a card to an existing meld ; lead # To play the first card of the trick. # 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

;

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: One of the four suits in a German pack of cards. Symbol: Bay gras

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

of the first card played to a trick. The suit of the lead card. ; lone hand, lone player : A player who chooses to play without the help of his partner's hand. ; long card : A card left in one's hand after all opponents are exhausted of that

. 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

containing more than four cards e.g. at

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# The suit with the most cards in a player's hand. # The

or Batons suit in Latin-suited packs ; loser # A player who has lost a

. # A losing card. ; losing card : A card that is unlikely to win a trick. ; low card # A card of low

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

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, Saunt or

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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 :

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

. # Name the trump suit or

. ; maker : The player who names the

. Also

or contractor. ; master, master card : The best (i.e. highest) card left in a suit which has been played. Also best card, commanding card or king card. : The highest card in play from a particular suit. ; matador : A top trump, sometimes with special privileges. However, in some

such as Skwitz, it is not a

but a bonus-earning card. Any high trump. ; match # A card game session comprising a number of rounds after which scores are finalised and a winner declared. # To play a card of the same value of the card or cards on the table, for example in fishing games. ; matsch # A slam in certain Austrian or Bavarian

. # Failing to win at least a quarter of the points available in some German games. Equivalent to a schneider. ; meld # Any scoring

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

of three or more cards. A declaration of such a combination. # To make a meld. ; misère : A

or undertaking to lose every trick. Also bettel, bettler or

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. ; misdeal # To make a mistake made in dealing cards e.g. dealing too few or many or facing a card during the deal # A mistake so made. ; mord : A slam in certain Austrian or German

. ; multipliers : Factors by which the base value of a declaration (and sometimes any bonuses) are multiplied to determine the value of a

N

; natural : Without the use of a wild. ; natural card : A card that is not 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) > K > 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

or negative

is one in which the aim is to either: :# Avoid taking tricks :# Lose every trick (as in ''Bettel'' or misère) :# Avoid taking the highest number of points (for example in a ''Räuber'' in Cego or a ''Ramsch'' in Skat or

). ; next, next suit # The

of the same colour as the trump suit e.g. in

. # The suit paired with the trump suit e.g. in Schlauch. For this purpose acorns are usually paired with

and hearts with bells. ; non-counter : A card which is not a counter 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. # In Swedish Whist, a game in which both sides aim to take the fewest number of tricks. ; numeral : A card for which the

is a number (Ace usually counts as 1 in this case), as opposed to the court cards. Also pip. See also

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O

;

: The

usually ranking between the

and the Unter in a German-suited pack. The equivalent of the

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

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. # To make the first

of a

. "It was correct to open diamonds..." ; opening lead : The first

of a

. ; order : See

. ; outbid : To bid higher than an earlier

. Same as overcall, but distinct from 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

. # Overcall. # An unduly optimistic bid. ; overcall : To bid higher than an earlier

. May take the form of a suit overcall (bid a higher-value suit e.g. in

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), majority overcall (bid to take a higher number of tricks e.g. in Fipsen) 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.

. ; overshoot point : In point-trick games, a point in excess of the minimum needed to win the

. ; overtake # To play a higher card than any previously played to the trick. See also cover, go over,

or play over. # In Bridge, to play a card higher than the winning card played by your partner, unnecessary to win the trick but necessary to gain the

. ; overtrick # To take more tricks than bid or contracted. # A trick exceeding the bid. ; overruff, overtrump : To play a

higher than any previously played to the trick.

P

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

comprises 52

cards. In other countries, packs of 24, 32, 36, 40 or 48 cards are common as are

or Latin-suited packs. Also deck. ; packet : A portion of a

, less than the whole pack. ; pair royal : Three cards of the same denomination (

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

. ; partie : A

which requires a specified number of deals to decide it, especially at Piquet. See also

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

and

. ; 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

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. Also called a

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. ; pass # In

, to make no bid. Usually called by saying "pass". # In vying

to pass the privilege of

first. ; penalty : A score awarded for common violations of the rules of the

. 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, usually a minus score, e.g. the queen of spades and all hearts in

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. ; penny ante : A

played for insignificant stakes. ; picture card : Usually the same as

, but can include the

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as well. ; pile : A set of cards placed on a surface so that they partially or completely overlap. Also

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. ; pip # A numeral. # A

symbol (e.g. , , , or Bay eichel

) on a card. # A

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in point-trick games. Not necessarily the same as the actual number of pips (symbols) on a pip card. Court cards also have a pip value. ; pip card : See numeral. ; pip value : The numerical,

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of a card. ; pitch : In some games of the all fours family, to

to the first trick, establishing the trump suit in doing so. ;

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: A player who establishes trumps in

to the first trick ; plain card : A card other than a

. ; plain suit : Any suit that is not a trump suit. ; play # To contribute a card to a trick. # 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

during which the players'

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are depleted by plays to tricks or to a common 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

). #

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in general. ; play over : To play a higher card. : To cover i.e. play a higher card of the same suit. Not to be confused with go over,

or overtake. ; point : May refer either to card points or to game points. ; pone :US term for non-dealer in some two-player

e.g.

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or the player on the dealer's right, who cuts the cards. ; pool : See pot. ; positional priority : The priority a player has by virtue of his position in relation to the

and direction of play. Normally forehand or

has the highest priority, followed by the other players in the order of play. So, for example, in an

if two players bid the same ranking

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; pot # A container into which money or

are paid initially and during a

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 preferred suit. ; preferred suit, preference suit : A

that has

preference over the rest, as in

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or Fipsen. ; prial : A 'pair royal'. A

of three cards of the same

. ; protection. : Cards that

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others, normally of higher

. ; punter : Person who lays bets in a banking game.

Q

; quart : A

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

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: The

ranking naturally between the

and the jack or knave. In Tarot and Tarock games, it ranks between the king and the

. ; quinte or quint : A

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 that has been taken and turned face down.

R

; raise # To name a higher

than one has 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

. The order of the ranks depends on the

being played. ; 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

, rearhand is the

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

by the same

after an irregularity. #:A new

of some of the cards, e.g. the wastepile in Patience games. # The action of dealing again. ; redouble : To

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, again, a bid that has already been doubled once. ; reduce : To shed one's

of deadwood e.g. in

. ; regular pack : A pack of cards comprising suits each distinguished by a suit sign and divided into numeral and court cards, as opposed to a Tarot pack that has additional cards known variously as tarots, tarocks or

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and which do not have suit signs, numerals and courts. ; renege # To revoke. This is the most common usage. # To legally play a card of a

other than the led suit. # To legally withhold a high

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. May be legal or not, depending on the rules. ; return : To lead back, usually the suit that partner led. ; reverse game : A point-trick game in which the aim is to lose points rather than win them. ; reversible : See double-ended. ; revoke # To fail to follow suit when able to do so and the rules require it. Normally incurs a penalty. # To breach the rules of following suit, trumping, heading or 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 dealing,

and playing e.g. clockwise (to the left) is standard for American and English

. Anticlockwise (to the right) is common in traditional European games. ; round # The events between the

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

in which each player has dealt only once. ; round game # One in which there are no

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and everyone plays for himself or herself. # One playable by an indefinite number of players, typically 3 to 7. ; round suit : The

suit in Latin-suited packs ; royal card : See

. ; rubber : A

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consisting of a number of

, typically three or five. ;

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# To trump a suit i.e. when a non-trump was led. # An instance of ruffing. # Historically, to rob the

turnup. ; run : A combination of three or more playing cards with consecutive

values. Also called a

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 : 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

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 : When a player or team wins every trick of the

, thus scoring a

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. The other side is said to be ''schwarzed''. Common in

of the Skat and

family. ; seat : Position relative to the

: 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

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 a higher bet in a vying game. ; see saw : See cross-ruff. ; selected suit : See

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;

: Three or more cards adjacent in

. 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

. Also run. ;

: Three or more cards of the same

. ; shed : To discard. ; short deck : See short pack. ; short game : Any

in which not all the cards of a

are put into play, e.g. ''kurzer'' or short

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

. ; 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

. ; side card : A card of a side suit; a non-trump. ; side money : A bet in a

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. ; side payment : When players are primarily playing for the stakes in a pot, this is a separate payment directly from one player's pocket to another, for example to reward a

. ; 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 suits. ; side suit : A suit that is not the trump suit; plain suit. ; signal # Any convention of play whereby the team members properly give each other information as allowed by the rules. # Any permitted physical sign or gesture, such as winking or tapping the table when playing a card, that conveys information to one's partner(s). ; 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 or reversible cards. ; singleton : Only one card of a

. ; skat or scat #

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; extra cards dealt to the table which may be used for exchanging later. Also blind. # Note that, in German, 'skat' can also mean void 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.

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

), matsch,

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. ; sleeping : Said of cards that are not in play because e.g. they are in the unused part of the

. See 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 if it is likely to be won by one's partner, especially in

or Sheepshead. Also fatten. ; sneak : Lead a singleton in order to be able to

(

) the second round of the

. ; soft score : A game played for 'soft score' – as opposed to hard score 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

i.e. one played without the aid of the skat or

. # A contract played alone against the combined efforts of all other players. ; soloist : Player who plays a

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. ; sous-forcer :See underforce. ; Spades : One of the four suits in a French pack of cards. Symbol: Spades

; spot card : See numeral ; squeeze : In trick-taking

, 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 of cards, less than the whole

, placed on top of each other and usually face down. ; stake # The money, counters or chips that a player places during a

. # The agreed monetary amount to be paid for each point,

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

. ; 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

. # Remain in the current

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

or pot, as opposed to 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

(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

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

. ; Stops family, Stops group : A family or group of matching games in which cards must be played in ascending

and usually in

. The aim is to be first to

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all one's cards. The cards out of play or which terminate the sequence are called stops. Examples include

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, Newmarket and Yellow Dwarf. ; straw man, strawman : A dummy hand. ; subgame, sub-game : An individual

within a compendium game. ;

: Any of the sets of cards in a

that share the same pip symbol. For examples see French-suited pack, German-suited pack and Latin-suited pack. 3deespadas

; sweetener # An additional stake

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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

. 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

of cards from the top of the suit downwards. ;

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

T

; tableau : Layout of face-up table cards in

like Yellow Dwarf, Zwicker and games of the

family. See Glossary of patience terms. ; talon :The undealt portion of the

which will be used in the rest of the

. Also

; tariff : The scale of values, either in units or money, on which payments are based for the various

in a

. For example, if the tariff is 10 cents; winning double would earn 20 cents and winning triple 30 cents. Games like

have a double or triple tariff, e.g. a tariff of 10/50 means that the normal game earns 10 cents from each opponent and a soloist game earns 50 cents. ;

Tarocchi Tarot games are card games played with tarot packs designed for card play and which have a permanent trump suit alongside the usual four card suits. The games and packs which English-speakers call by the French name tarot are called tarocchi ...

: Trump cards in

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of Italian origin. Also Tarock or

Tarot Tarot (, first known as ''trionfi (cards), trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a set of playing cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling or divination. From at least the mid-15th century, the tarot was used to play t ...

from other countries. ; Tarock : Trump cards in

of Austrian or German origin. Also

from other countries. Also spelt Taroc or Tarok. ;

: Trump cards in

of French origin. Also Tarock or

from other countries. ; team : See

. ; 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

if, for example, no-one makes a bid or if the cards are misdealt. ; throw off : To discard or smear. ; throw up : To throw up one's cards is to discard them to the table either because you believe the game is decided or nullified, or you wish to drop out of the current hand. ; touching : Said of cards that are adjacent in

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

, matsch, slam or

. ; Trey : The Three of any

. Also 'three-spot'. ; Tribute : A forced payment after a loss. ; trick : See

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. A set of cards played by each player in turn, during the

of a

. ; triplet : Three of a kind. ; tripleton : Three cards of a

in the hand. ;

# A privileged card whose trick-taking power is greater than any plain suit card. # The trump suit. # A card in the special suit of trumps found in

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packs such as the

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after a plain suit has been

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. Also

. ; trump suit : A privileged

in which, in the current

, all its cards

higher than any

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(=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, turnup : A card turned up at the start of a

to determine the trump suit.

U

; ultimo : Winning the last trick with the lowest

or, sometimes, with a King. ; unchosen suit : In games of the Karnöffel Group, a suit, usually ranking in the natural order, most of all of whose cards have no special privileges, in contrast to the chosen suits. Sometimes called an unselected suit. ; underforce or under-force :To answer a card with one of the same

, 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

or follow suit with a lower card when holding a higher one; hold up; refuse to cover. # See underforce. ; undershoot point : In point-trick games, a point shy of the minimum needed to win the

. ; 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

. ; unload : To get rid of dangerous cards from one's

; unselected suit : See unchosen suit. ; Unter : The

usually ranking between the

and the Ten in a German-suited pack. The equivalent of the jack in a 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 jack in certain

. Also knave. ; value : See card points ; 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

and stake money on it. Vying includes an element of bluffing. ; void : Having no card of a given

. Also blank suit. : To discard all cards of a given

. ; vole : Winning all the tricks in some English and European games. Also durch, durchmarsch,

, matsch, slam or

W

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or cards that a player is unable to play. Also discard pile. ; whitewashed : Losing without scoring a point. See also schwarz. ;

: American term for a 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 : A card that may be designated by the owner to represent any other card. A joker is often used as a wild card, but can also have other uses.

Y

; youngest : The last player to play before the

player's second turn. Some family

will use ''

'' 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: *

. See the glossary of blackjack terms. * Bridge. See the

glossary of contract bridge terms These terms are used in contract bridge, using Duplicate bridge, duplicate or Rubber bridge, rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in whist, bid whist, the obsolete game auction bridge, and other trick-taking games. This glossary supplements t ...

which covers

contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each othe ...

duplicate bridge Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge where the same set of bridge deals (i.e., the distribution of the 52 cards among the four hands) are played by different competitors, and scoring is based on relative performance. In this way, ev ...

, and

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; some of the terms are also used in

whist Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for strategic play. History In 1674, '' The Complete Gamester'' described the game Ru ...

, bid whist, and other

s. * Patience or Solitaire. See the glossary of patience and solitaire terms. *

. See the

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. *

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

Footnotes

References

Literature

* * * * * ''Cavendish'' (1876)
''The Laws and Principles of Whist''
5th edn. London: De La Rue. * * * * * * * Elwell, J.B. (2020). ''Advanced Bridge''. Frankfurt: Outlook. * * * * * * Greer, Alec (1979). ''New Comprehensive Mathematics for 'O' Level''. Cheltenham: Stanley Thomas. * * * * Mahmood, Zia and Audrey Grant (2014). ''Bridge for Beginners''. * * * * * * * * * * {{Non trick-taking card games Card game terms Glossary Wikipedia glossaries using description lists