Definitions for misdeal

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misdeal mis·deal

Spelling: [mis-deel]

IPA: /mɪsˈdil/

Misdeal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in misdeal (adeilms).

Definitions for misdeal

noun

1. Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to deal wrongly or incorrectly, especially to deal the wrong number at cards.

Origin of misdeal

First recorded in 1475-85; mis-¹ + deal¹

Examples for misdeal

One fights against a misdeal when one has seen the ace of trumps in one's hand.

In the event of a misdeal the cards must be dealt again by the same player.

This does not apply to penalties for looking at the hands, or declaring out of turn, or making a misdeal.

Nothing of interest occurred until, in the course of the second rubber, Gwen made a misdeal.

The New Yorker was certainly making a misdeal every time he got the cards.

The Frenches ain't had no practice, an' thar's nothin' easier than a misdeal about a youngone.