Glossary

W

Odd trick:
One that gives a player or team a majority.

Waste-pile:
Discard pile in Solitaire.

Wenzel:
A jack of trump in early Skat.

Wheel:
Any 5-4-3-2-A in Lowball.

Whist de Gand:
Another name for Solo Whist.

Wide cards:
A Cribbage term for two cards spaced at least two values apart, as 9 and 6, 8 and 4, 7 and 2, etc.

Widow:
A special deal of extra cards, which a player may later pick up. Similar to blind, kitty, skat, talon, equivalent terms used in different games.

Wild card:
A card representing any other.

Wired:
Cards  back to back  in Stud Poker.

With:
To hold a certain number of matadors in Skat.

Without:
To be without a certain number of matadors in Skat.

Y

Yarborough:
A Whist hand with noth­ing higher than a nine. Bets of 1000 to 1 have been offered against holding it, but the actual odds have been calculated at 1827 to 1. The term is also applied to Bridge hands.

Z

Zebra:
Same as striped straight in Poker.

Zsa Zsa:
A very lovely hand.

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Spades
Spades is a game that requires four players in partnership. The goal is to win the number of tricks that your side bids.
Spades


Klabberjass
Score points in Klabberjass by declaring sequences and by winning high counting cards in tricks.


Klabberjass