euchre

/ˈjuːkəɹ/

euchre

English Noun

Definition

A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.

Etymology

Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker (“joker?”, may be dialectal) + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker.