Euchre online
Pick trump, take three tricks with your partner, and go alone when your hand is that good. Play with a computer partner against two computer players, or pass one device around four people. First team to 10 wins.
How to play euchre
Euchre is a trick-taking game for four players in two teams, partners sitting across from each other. It uses 24 cards: the nines, tens, jacks, queens, kings and aces.
- The deal. Everyone gets 5 cards. The next card is turned face up, and the rest stay face down.
- Making trump. Going around the table, each player can order the dealer to pick up the face-up card, making its suit trump. If nobody does, it’s turned down and each player in turn can name any other suit, or pass.
- The bowers. The jack of trump (the right bower) is the highest card, and the other jack of the same colour (the left bower) is next. The left bower counts as a trump.
- Playing tricks. The player after the dealer leads. You must follow the suit led if you can; if you can’t, you can trump it or throw anything. The highest trump wins the trick, or else the highest card of the suit led.
- Scoring. The team that made trump needs three of the five tricks. Three or four is 1 point, all five is 2. If they get fewer than three, they’re euchred and the other team scores 2.
- Going alone. When you make trump you can play without your partner. Take all five alone and your team scores 4.
The full rules, with what happens when nobody makes trump, are on the euchre rules page.
Euchre scoring at a glance
| What happens | Points |
|---|
| The makers take 3 or 4 tricks | 1 |
| The makers take all 5 (a march) | 2 |
| Going alone and taking all 5 | 4 |
| The makers take fewer than 3 (euchred) | 2 to the defenders |
The first team to 10 points wins the game.
Questions
Is this euchre game free?
Yes. You can play euchre here free, in your browser, with nothing to download and no sign-up needed to start.
Can I play euchre against the computer?
Yes. You play with a computer partner against two computer players, all at the level you pick: Beginner, Casual, Skilled or Expert.
Can I play with friends?
Four people can play on one phone or tablet, passing it around; your cards are hidden between turns. Online games with friends by link are coming soon.
Which jack is the left bower?
The jack of the other suit of the same colour as trump. If hearts are trump, the jack of diamonds is the left bower; if spades are trump, it’s the jack of clubs. It counts as a trump for the whole hand.
What happens if nobody wants to make trump?
If all four players pass in both rounds, the hand is thrown in and the next player deals. Some people play “stick the dealer”, where the dealer has to name a suit; we don’t.
Can I make the cards bigger?
Yes. Use the Text size buttons (A, A+, A++, A+++) above the table: the cards grow with the text. Display settings also has a four-colour deck, high contrast and slower animations.
More card games
Want a game for two? Try cribbage, or see our list of the best card games for two players. For three or four, there’s also crazy eights.