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discard. To get rid of plain suit cards when unable to follow suit and unwilling or unable to trump. [41] To lay away cards, e.g. of high value or to void a suit, after picking up from the talon or skat. [42] A card that is removed from the hand in either of those ways. [42] discard pile The pile of cards already rejected by players. [39]
This idiom derives from a German proverb, das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten.The earliest record of this phrase is in 1512, in Narrenbeschwörung (Appeal to Fools) by Thomas Murner, which includes a woodcut illustration showing a woman tossing a baby out with waste water.
To discard one's hand and forfeit interest in the current pot. See main article: fold. fold equity The portion of the pot one expects to win, on average, by a bet that induces opponents to fold, rather than seeing the showdown. See also equity. forced bet See main article: forced bets. forced-move
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
Aces are high, counting 11, court cards count 10, and all other cards count face value. Each player gets a hand of three cards, and three pennies as their "lives". The rest of the deck sits in the middle of the table as stock for the game, and the top card of the stock is turned over to begin the discard.
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The player to the dealer's left plays first unless the first card on the discard pile is an action or Wild card (see below). On a player's turn, they must do one of the following: play one card matching the discard in color, number, or symbol; play a Wild card, or a Wild Draw Four card if allowed to (see restrictions below)