Glossary
Terms are scoped to the variant that uses them, so a word like "bag" never inherits a generic meaning from a different game.
- Alone Euchre
- In Euchre, a maker who plays single-handed while their partner sits out, with a larger award for taking all five tricks.
- Bag Spades
- A trick won by a Spades partnership above its contract; ten accumulated bags cost 100 points in this variant.
- Crib Cribbage
- The four cards set aside by both Cribbage players and scored by the dealer.
- Deadwood Gin Rummy
- In Gin Rummy, the unmatched cards left in a hand after melds are made; their total is the score exposed.
- Euchred Euchre
- In Euchre, the makers taking fewer than three tricks; the defenders score instead.
- Foundation Klondike Solitaire
- In Klondike, one of the four piles built upward by suit from ace to king.
- Shoot the moon Hearts
- In Hearts, one player taking every heart and the queen of spades; the scores of the other players change.
- Trump
- The suit that outranks all other suits for the current hand or deal.