Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

euchre

/ˈjuːkəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: eu-chre
IPA: /ˈjuːkəɹ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To deceive or outwit.

Example Sentences

"Well: he guesses They have euchred Mexico into some such Byzantine exercise, probably to do with the Americans. Perhaps the Russians."

Etymology

Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Juckerspiel

Usage

Inflected Forms

euchres (plural) eucre (alternative, dated) euchres (present, singular) euchring (participle, present) euchred (participle, past) euchred (past)

Synonyms

five hundred

Rhymes With

sucre fluker luker buker

Questions

How do you pronounce euchre?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuːkəɹ/.
What does euchre mean?: A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.
Where does euchre come from?: It is traced to German.

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