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Word entry · 5 letters

whist

Best crossword clue

"Trick card play"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪst/Part of speech nounSorted histwStarts with WEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
1W2H3I4S5T

Definitions

  1. A four-player trick-taking card game.

Word origin

Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).

Used in a sentence

  • … for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist” from the girl, warned them of present danger.
  • Well! she laid down her little golden head without fear; and whist! down came the axe, and it was off. So the mother wiped the axe and laughed.
  • o was the Titaness put downe and whist

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Trick card play5 letters
02Trick-taking game5 letters

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