A little less jargon.

Card terms, A to Z

Blind

A description of a participant who has not looked at their hand. It does not mean an unknown app or an Safe Download source.

Boot / ante

The opening contribution described in the rules. We explain the word, not an amount to stake.

Chaal

A term associated with seen play. Its operational details belong to the specific rule set.

Colour / flush

Three cards sharing a suit without forming the sequence required for a pure sequence.

High card

The category used when the hand has no pair, trail, sequence or colour.

House rules

The particular conventions for a table or format, including ties, ace sequences and special cards.

Joker / wild card

A card or rank assigned a special substitution role by a variant. The exact role must be stated.

Pack / fold

Leaving the current round. The terms describe an action, not a technique for guaranteeing results.

Pair

Two cards with the same rank. The third card is often called a kicker.

Pure sequence

Three consecutive ranks of the same suit; also called a straight flush.

Rank

The card value, such as 7, J, Q, K or A. Rank is different from suit.

Seen

A description of a participant who has looked at their cards.

Sequence / run

Three consecutive card ranks; in the standard separate category, the suits are mixed.

Show

A final comparison governed by the applicable rules.

Sideshow

A separate hand comparison where the applicable rules allow it.

Suit

Hearts, diamonds, clubs or spades. A suit symbol is not an automatic tie-break instruction.

Trail / trio

Three cards of one rank; also called three of a kind.

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A definition is not a full rule

Knowing a word helps you read a rulebook, but it cannot replace one. A sideshow definition does not tell you whether a particular format permits it. “Joker” does not identify which cards are wild, and “show” does not explain every tie condition.

When two sources use the same term differently, keep both the source and the format attached to the definition. For a neutral starting point, our rules overview separates the common vocabulary from details that depend on the setting.

App words are a separate vocabulary

Version, package, publisher and signature describe software identity. They are not game rules. A familiar card-game name in an app title does not establish who made the software or whether a file belongs to the same product as another listing.

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