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Showing words for CANASTA using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Canasta

canasta, castana

6 Letter Words for Canasta

tacans

5 Letter Words for Canasta

acana, acast, anasa, antas, asana, ascan, canst, cants, catan, nasat, sanaa, sanct, santa, satan, scant, tacan, tanas

4 Letter Words for Canasta

acta, acts, anas, anat, ansa, anta, ants, asta, cans, cant, casa, cast, cats, nasa, nast, nats, sana, sant, sata, scan, scat, tana, tans

3 Letter Words for Canasta

aas, act, ana, anc, ans, ant, ast, can, cat, cns, cst, ctn, cts, naa, nas, nat, saa, sac, san, sat, sct, sta, taa, tan, tas

Definitions for Canasta

[1] a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
[2] a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards
[3] Also called: meld a declared set in this game, containing seven or more like cards, worth 500 points if the canasta is pure or 300 if wild (containing up to three jokers)

Words related to Canasta

poker, roulette, bridge, lottery, bingo, gin, lotto, pinochle, twenty-one

Words nearby Canasta

canary grass, canary islands, canary seed, canary yellow, canarybird flower, canasta, canaster, canavan's disease, canaveral, canberra, canby

Origin of Canasta

1945–50; < Spanish: literally, basket, apparently variant of canastro < Greek kánastron wicker basket (see canister)

Word origin for Canasta

C20: from Spanish: basket (because two packs, or a basketful, of cards are required), variant of canastro, from Latin canistrum; see canister

Synonyms for Canasta

poker, roulette, bingo, bridge, craps, crazy eights, gambling game, gin, gin rummy, lottery, lotto, penny ante, pinochle, twenty-one, wheel of fortune