whist

Meanings

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

To hush or shush; to still.
To become silent.

Adj

Silent, hushed.

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 is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
whist is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whist is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

whist is a valid Words With Friends word