Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high-card

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables: high---card
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or related to a high suit card.

Example Sentences

"Now that the fallacy of basing bids on high-card values only has been realized, experts are modifying their systems of valuation more and more, so as to count actual tricks and not merely high-card tricks (Quick Tricks or Honour Tricks)."

Questions

What does high-card mean?: Of or related to a high suit card.

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