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Whist

Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game that was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for strategic play.

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Cards
52
Chance
Medium
Deck
French
Origin
England
Play
Clockwise
Players
4

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Whist

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples136
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

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Whist

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related to Auction whist group · 24
Whist → African Americans, Arab, Bid, Blind, Dutch, Finland, Finnish, Following, In Dutch, Misery, No Trumps, Polish, Replaced, Russia, Russian, Scoring, Siberian, Skruuvi, Spades, Tarneeb
related to history · 18
Whist → American Whist, Bedford Row, Britain, Crown Coffee House, Daines Barrington, Edmond Hoyle, England, Game, Honours, In, It, London, Ruff, Short Treatise, Short Whist, The, The Complete Gamester, Triumph
related to Boston group · 13
Whist → Belgian Whist, Boston, Britain, Colour Whist, Count Rostov, Europe, Flemish, Leo Tolstoy's, Peace, Solo, Solo Whist, War, Wiezen
related to Other games called 'whist' · 12
Whist → Ace, Catch, Combines, Danish, Esmakker, Is, Ladder, McLeod, Players, Progressive, Scotch, Solo Whist
related to Classic whist group · 11
Whist → Asia, Double, French, Good, Hokm, Minnesota, Norwegian, Persian, Quadrette, Swedish, The
related to Exact bidding group · 11
Whist → Also, Blob, British, Can, Contract, In, Israeli, Oh, Person, Romanian, Six
related to External links · 11
Whist → Card Games, Cavendish, Edmond Hoyle, Internet Archive, Matthews, Principles, Rules, Short, The Laws, Whist MarkersWhist, WhistWhist Counters
related to Whists for other numbers of players · 6
Whist → British, Dummy, German, Knock-out, Three-handed, UK
related to Play · 5
Whist → Before, Dealer, Eldest, Players, The
related to Variants · 5
Whist → As Whist, Boston, McLeod, The, Triumph

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game played tricks cards players play number games two player one trick card also rules trump trumps hand bid bidding

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WhistCards521.00infobox
WhistChanceMedium1.00infobox
WhistDeckFrench1.00infobox
WhistOriginEngland1.00infobox
WhistPlayClockwise1.00infobox
WhistPlayers41.00infobox
WhistPlaying time30 min1.00infobox
WhistRank (high→low)A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21.00infobox
WhistSkillsTactics, strategy1.00infobox
WhistTypeTrick-taking1.00infobox
Whistis aclassic English trick-taking card game that was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries0.90text
Whistis asimplest form of triumph and has been used by many other games0.90text
Whistis asimplest form of Triumph played with full 52-card pack and developed formal rules0.90text

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