Why is canasta called canasta?

They often held their test games at a restaurant and borrowed a little basket, Canastillo in Spanish, for their cards from the waiter. After a bit of wordplay, the bulky Canastillo turned into Canasta – well sounding, easy to remember, and the spanish word for basket.

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2024-02-12 00:41:35

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Can you use a dead card in a special hand in canasta?
Note that a special hand may include cards matching a closed (complete) canasta melded
melded
In card games, a meld is a set of matching cards, typically three or more, that earn a player points and/or allow them to deplete their hand. Melds typically come in sequences of ascending cards belonging to the same suit known as runs (8♠ 9♠ 10♠) or sets/groups of cards of identical rank (8♠ 8♣ 8♥).
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Meld (cards) - Wikipedia
by the opposing team - i.e. cards that would otherwise be considered 'dead'. Since a special hand cannot use cards taken from the discard pile this does not prevent dead cards from being safe to discard.
2024-02-09 13:12:11

What is the game called canasta?
Canasta (/kəˈnæstə/; Spanish for "basket") is a card game of the rummy
rummy
Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit.
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Rummy - Wikipedia
family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for two, three, five or six players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards.
2024-01-21 02:06:11

How many cards do you get in canasta?
How many cards are dealt in Canasta varies depending on the number of players: In a game of two, each player receives 15 cards; in a game of four, 11 cards. The leftover cards become the stock.
2024-01-15 23:21:28

Can you have no cards in canasta?
A round of Canasta ends when a player has no more cards on their hand. This is called going out and it is achieved by cleverly collecting and combining cards to form sets and melding them. Melding and going out are the main ways you can collect points.
2023-01-11 08:48:35

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