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Definitions of canasta in various dictionaries:

noun - a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers

A card game for two to six players, related to rummy and requiring two decks of cards.

noun - a card game

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Possible Jeopardy Clues
Bolivia samba are variations of this game that originated in South America
11 cards are dealt to each player in this South American game that uses a 108-card deck
About 30 years ago, this South American game created the biggest fad in card history
It's a rummy-like card game played with 2 decks 4 jokers
3 of the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers of 1949 dealt with this Spanish-named rummy game
Earn points by collecting cards of the same rank into groups called melds in this card game with a name from Spanish for "basket"
This game of Uruguayan origin uses 2 decks of cards has a Spanish name that means "basket"
Originating in Uruguay, this rummy-like card game means "basket" in Spanish
Possible Dictionary Clues
a card game resembling rummy, using two packs. It is usually played by two pairs of partners, and the aim is to collect sets (or melds) of cards.
a card game for two to six people that is played with two sets of cards
A card game resembling rummy, using two packs. It is usually played by two pairs of partners, and the aim is to collect sets (or melds) of cards.
a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers jokers and deuces are wild the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank
A card game for two to six players, related to rummy and requiring two or three decks of cards.
Geographic Matches
La Canasta, Coahuila de Zaragoza, MEXICO
Canasta, San Cristobal, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Boca Canasta, Peravia, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Canasta, Santiago de Cuba, CUBA
Canasta description
Canasta (; Spanish for "basket") is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for two, three, five or six players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make melds of seven cards of the same rank and "go out" by playing all cards in their hand. It is the only partnership member of the family of Rummy games to achieve the status of a classic.
* The game of Canasta was devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo, Uruguay, along with Dicy Louise Evans of Bonnyman, Kentucky, in 1939. In the 1940s the game quickly spread in myriad variations to Chile, Peru, Brazil and Argentina, where its rules were further refined before being introduced to the United States in 1948, where it was then referred to as the Argentine Rummy game by Ottilie H. Reilly in 1949 and Michael Scully of Coronet magazine in 1953. The game quickly became a card-craze boom

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