Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gin rummy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: gin rum-my
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A card-holding game and variant of rummy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What is your latest foible? / Is gin rummy more exquisite? / Is skiing more enjoyable?"
"Having discovered a birthday in common, they began, as strangers do when thrown together in a novel circumstance, to seek other matching data in their life histories, like players at gin rummy seeking to fill out a run or three of a kind."
"That's what I was thinking, but then I remembered he'd never been to sea, that I'd only started calling him The Captain because he wore a captain's hat during a game of gin rummy at his grandmother's apartment one time while she was out of town."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

gin knock rummy

Questions

What does gin rummy mean?: A card-holding game and variant of rummy.

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