Definitions for misdeals

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misdeals mis·deal

Spelling: [mis-deel]

IPA: /mɪsˈdil/

Misdeals is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 427 anagrams from letters in misdeals (adeilmss).

Definitions for misdeals

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 misdeals

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

Examples for misdeals

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

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

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

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

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

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