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Word entry · 5 letters

monte

Best crossword clue

"Betting card game"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɒnti/Part of speech nounSorted emnotStarts with MEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A gambling card game in which players bet on matching exposed cards.

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.

Used in a sentence

  • A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Betting card game5 letters
02Spanish card game5 letters

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