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whist

Summary

whist is a card game[1]. whist has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • whist's instance of is recorded as card game[3].
  • whist's instance of is recorded as trick-taking game[4].
  • whist's Commons category is recorded as Whist[5].
  • whist's country of origin is recorded as England[6].
  • whist's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1800[7].
  • whist's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Whist[8].
  • whist's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • whist's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • whist's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • whist's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whist'}[12].
  • whist's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[13].
  • whist's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[14].

Why It Matters

whist has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

England Whist marker

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Marcandre.lureau · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maximum number of players → {'amount': '+4'}
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → card game, trick-taking game
    Topic's main category → Category:Whist
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14579]]: 14339, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782979813528"
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