whist
Plural: whists
Noun
- a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
- Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
- A session of playing this card game.
Intj
- Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!
Verb
Verb Forms: whisted, whisting, whists
- To become silent; to hush or quiet.
- To hush or shush; to still.
- To become silent.
Adj
- Silent, hushed.
Examples
- The competitive player would whist the room before making a critical play.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
long whist, short whist
Scrabble Score: 11
whist: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwhist: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whist: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary