draw pile
Cards awaiting selection
The draw pile is the stack of face-down cards players take from during card games, as opposed to the discard pile where played cards go.
Most games have players draw from this pile to replenish their hands: It's your turn—take a card from the draw pile.
- deckShip's flat surface
- cardsStiff paper rectangles
- card gamePastime using a deck
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- dealAgreement or distribution
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- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
- cardsplaying cards, playing card, card deck, poker deck, bridge deck
- game setupshuffling, dealing, starting position, setup, game board
- Solitairesolitaire, Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, pyramid
- UNO termsskip, reverse, wild card, red, blue
- rummy gamesrummy, melds, meld, runs, gin rummy