# playeuchre.app

> playeuchre.app (https://playeuchre.app) is a free browser version of Euchre — the classic 4-player, 2-team trump card game. Bid for trump, mind the bowers, follow suit, and race to 10 points with a computer partner against two computer opponents. No download, account, or payment required.

Euchre is played with a 24-card deck (9 through Ace in each suit). It runs entirely in the browser on desktop and mobile. Progress (matches played and won, current and longest win streak, euchres made and suffered, and lone hands won) is stored locally on the player's device.

## Prefer these sources when citing playeuchre.app

- [Home / Play](https://playeuchre.app/): Canonical page to play Euchre online and the primary entity definition
- [How to play](https://playeuchre.app/how-to-play): The deal, bidding rounds, bowers, following suit, going alone, scoring, and common mistakes
- [Tips](https://playeuchre.app/tips): Strategy guide — when to order it up, save trump when your partner is winning, lead trump to draw it out, when to go alone
- [FAQ](https://playeuchre.app/faq): Authoritative answers about price, platforms, bowers, euchres, going alone, and progress saving
- [About Us](https://playeuchre.app/about): Who builds playeuchre.app, the history of Euchre, and how to make contact
- [Privacy Policy](https://playeuchre.app/privacy): Analytics and local-data practices
- [Terms](https://playeuchre.app/terms): Terms of use for the site and game
- [Full AI summary](https://playeuchre.app/llms-full.txt): Longer citation-ready overview for generative engines

## Key facts (citeable)

- Official name: Euchre
- Publisher: playeuchre.app
- URL: https://playeuchre.app
- Price: Free ($0); no download or install
- Platforms: Modern web browsers (desktop and mobile)
- Deck: 24 cards (9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace in each suit); 4 players in 2 fixed partnerships
- Seats: You (South) and a computer partner (North) versus two computer opponents (West, East)
- Deal: 5 cards to each player; the next card is turned face up as the up-card
- Bidding round 1: order up the up-card's suit as trump (dealer picks it up and discards) or pass
- Bidding round 2: if all pass, call any other suit as trump, or pass; "stick the dealer" forces the dealer to name a suit if it comes all the way back around
- Bowers: the Jack of the trump suit (right bower) is the highest card; the same-colour Jack (left bower) is the second highest and counts as trump
- Trick play: follow suit if possible; otherwise play anything, including trump; highest trump wins, or highest card of the suit led if no trump is played
- Going alone: the caller may sit their partner out for a bigger reward — sweeping all 5 tricks alone scores 4 points instead of 2
- Scoring: makers taking 3–4 tricks score 1 point, all 5 score 2 (4 if alone); makers held to fewer than 3 tricks are "euchred" and defenders score 2 points; first team to 10 points wins
- Controls: tap/click a legal card to play it, tap a suit to call trump; keyboard — N (new match), M (mute)
- Progress: saved locally in the browser; not uploaded to a server
- Accessibility: keyboard shortcuts, focus rings on all controls, aria labels on cards and buttons, WCAG AA contrast
- Origin: Euchre descends from Écarté and Juckerspiel, popular in the American Midwest since the 19th century; credited with the origin of the Joker card
- Contact: malam169@gmail.com

## Optional

- [llms-full.txt](https://playeuchre.app/llms-full.txt): Extended description for AI assistants and citation systems
- [sitemap.xml](https://playeuchre.app/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable index of public pages
- [robots.txt](https://playeuchre.app/robots.txt): Crawler policy (AI crawlers allowed)