Euchre trump order and trick checker
Choose trumps to see every card's rank, check who won a trick, and practise the left bower until it's automatic.
Rank the trumps
Who wins this trick?
Uses the trump suit and pack chosen above. Tap the cards in the order they were played.
Practice: trumps and following suit
Two kinds of question, mixed: which card wins a trick, and which cards you may play. Most of them involve the left bower. Streak: 0
Euchre trump order for every suit
Once trumps are chosen, the trump suit has seven cards in the standard 24-card game. Highest first:
| Trumps | 1 Right bower | 2 Left bower | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spades | J♠ | J♣ | A♠ | K♠ | Q♠ | 10♠ | 9♠ |
| Hearts | J♥ | J♦ | A♥ | K♥ | Q♥ | 10♥ | 9♥ |
| Diamonds | J♦ | J♥ | A♦ | K♦ | Q♦ | 10♦ | 9♦ |
| Clubs | J♣ | J♠ | A♣ | K♣ | Q♣ | 10♣ | 9♣ |
The suit of the same colour as trumps (hearts with diamonds, spades with clubs) is left with five cards, because its jack has become the left bower. The other two suits keep all six cards and rank ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9.
The left bower, explained
The right bower is the jack of the trump suit: the highest card in the game. The left bower is the other jack of the same colour, and it ranks second. The part that catches new players: the left bower changes suit. For the whole hand it is a trump, so:
- It follows trumps. If a trump is led and the left bower is your only trump, you must play it.
- It does not follow its own printed suit. With hearts as trumps, the J♦ is a heart. If diamonds are led and you also hold a real diamond, you must play the diamond.
- Leading it leads trumps. Lead the J♦ while hearts are trumps and everyone must play a heart.
- Count it as a trump when you decide whether to call.
How a trick is won
Everyone must follow the suit that was led if they can (counting the left bower as a trump). If any trumps were played, the highest trump wins. If not, the highest card of the suit led wins; a card of another suit can never win, however high it is.
More euchre tools
Scorekeeper
Team score to 10 with one-tap buttons, dealer tracker and undo.
Trump order and trick tool
Pick trumps, see the bowers, find who wins a trick. Plus a quiz.
Progressive euchre kit
Rotation charts and tally cards for 8, 12 or 16 players.
How to play
The deal, two rounds of bidding, going alone, play and scoring.
Cheat sheet
Trump order for every suit, bidding and scoring on one page.
Printable score cards
Score sheets for a game and tally cards for a party.