Euchre guide
How to play Euchre
The rules of Euchre in plain words, as the app plays them.
The goal
You and North (your partner) play West and East. First team to 10 points wins the game.
Making trump
Five cards each, four left face down with the top one turned up. In round 1, order up the turned card as trump, or pass. In round 2, name any other suit as trump, or pass.
The jack of the same color as trump is trump too: the left bower, just below the jack of trump itself.
Whoever calls trump may go alone, playing without their partner for a bigger score.
Playing a trick
Follow suit if you can. If you can't, play anything, including trump.
The highest card of the suit led wins, unless someone trumps in.
Scoring a deal
The team that called trump wins 1 point for 3 or 4 tricks, 2 points for all 5 (4 alone). If they fail to take 3 tricks, the other team is euchred and scores 2 points.
Hints
Hint, in the bar at the bottom, suggests the best call or play once per deal, with the reason in plain words.