whist

Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game that was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for strategic play.

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Card game.title: Whist
Card game.image_link: 200px
Card game.image_caption: A 19th-century whist marker by the British printing Co. De La Rue
Card game.type: Trick-taking
Card game.players: 4
Card game.play: Clockwise
Card game.card_rank: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Card game.num_cards: 52
Card game.deck: French
Card game.origin: England
Card game.related: Bridge
Card game.playing_time: 30 min
Card game.random_chance: Medium
Card game.skills: Tactics, strategy

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Commons category: Whist
time of discovery or invention: 1800-00-00
minimum number of players: 4
maximum number of players: 4
native label: Whist

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Contents

History
Rules
Shuffling and dealing
Play
Scoring
Basic tactics
Terminology
Variants
Auction whist group
Boston group
Classic whist group
Exact bidding group
Whists for other numbers of players
Other games called 'whist'
Whist drive
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game that was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for strategic play.

== History == thumb|right|260px|Drawing by Marguerite Martyn for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a session of the Women's Whist Club Congress, April 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri