Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dummy whist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: dum-my whist
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variant of the card game whist, similar to bid whist but played with three players instead of four, and, instead of dealing a kitty, dealing a dummy hand on the team of the player who wins the auction.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does dummy whist mean?: A variant of the card game whist, similar to bid whist but played with three players instead of four, and, instead of dealing a kitty, dealing a dummy hand on the team of the player who wins the auction.

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