ECARTE

ecarte

(noun) a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ecarte (uncountable)

A card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.

• Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played ecarte afterwards. - A. Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles

Anagrams

• & cetera, Cartee, cerate, create, creäte, tracee

Source: Wiktionary

É`car`té", n. Etym: [F., prop. fr. écarter to reject, discard.]

Definition: A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition