canastas

Seven-card groupings

Canastas is the plural of canasta, a card game using two decks where players collect sets of seven cards of the same rank, called melds.

The game originated in Uruguay and became wildly popular in the United States during the 1950s.

A canasta specifically refers to a meld of seven cards: She completed two canastas and went out.

cardgame

rummy

Drunkard or card game

discard pile · partnerships · four-of-a-kind · jokers · draw pile · hand · points · going out · bonus · natural

baskets

wicker

Pliant twig for weaving

  • weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
  • handlesGrasping parts or manages
  • hampersObstructs, or woven containers

containers · straw · rattan · storage · handmade · carrying · market · picnic · laundry · artisan

Opposites
meld completeness

canastasdeadwood

Unproductive people or things

discard pile · discards

card game type

canastaspoker

Hearth implement for coals

blackjack · war · solitaire · trick-taking games · go fish

Family

canasta

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G