Euchre, it turns out ... The jack of the trump suit is called the right bower (Bauer is “farmer” in German) and is the highest card. The other jack of the same color is called the left ...

You’ve heard of the “Bible Belt” and the “Rust Belt,” but what about the “Euchre Belt ... The “right bower” is the jack of the trump suit, which reigns over any other card ...

Perhaps the biggest surprise when I came to school here was the lore surrounding the game euchre (pronounced YEW-ker ... if you can believe it. The “right bower” is the highest card in the trick and ...

Euchre is the game responsible for introducing the Joker card into modern packs. The card was was invented around 1860 to act as a top trump or best bower. Euchre is closely related to the French ...

Some of the game's other terms also come from German. In euchre, the jacks are called "bowers" which is derived from "bauer", the word for farmers in German. Winning all five tricks is called a ...

One piece of evidence supporting this theory is that the euchre term "bower" sounds the same as the German word Bauer, meaning "farmer" (as well as "pawn" in chess, incidentally). However ...

Starting on Tuesday, hundreds of euchre players will participate in a tournament at venues throughout Barberton, as the Magic City becomes the Bower Burg. The tournament is the latest mission of ...

Some of the game’s other terms also come from German. In euchre, the jacks are called “bowers” which is derived from “bauer”, meaning farmers in German. That’s the most popular theory ...

One piece of evidence supporting this theory is that the euchre term "bower" sounds the same as the German word Bauer, meaning "farmer" (as well as "pawn" in chess, incidentally). However, both ...