Rummy Glossary

Deck of cards	* A complete set of cards is called a Deck of cards. * A Deck of cards consists of 4 Suits - Hearts, Spades , Clubs (black) and Diamonds. * 4 Suits have 13 cards each = 52 cards. * 1 Wild Card – A Paper Joker.
Rummy	A card game, played with two or more packs, in which the players try to form sets and sequences of cards.
Indian Rummy	A card game played in India with little variation from original rummy. It is played with 13 cards and at least two decks, and sometimes jokers. Note - It may be considered a cross between Rummy 500 and Gin rummy.
Sets	Three or four cards of a kind of the same rank. Set Valid Examples Set Invalid Examples 5♦ 5♥ 5♠ 5♣ 5♥ 5♣ 8♣ 8♦ 8♥ 8♠ 9♣ 8♦ 8♥ 8♠
Sequences	Three or more cards in a sequence, of the same suit. These are also called runs. Sequence Valid Examples Sequence Invalid Examples 3♣ 4♣ 5♣ 3♣ 4♠ 5♣ 5♣ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 9♠ 5♣ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 8♠ * Mixed runs are also allowed in all types of rummy. Valid Mixed Sequence Invalid Mixed Sequence 3♣ 4♠ 5♥ 3♣ 4♠ 5♣
Joker	Used to replace other cards to form sequences and sets.
Printed Joker	Joker that comes with the pack of cards.
Wild Joker	Card is selected randomly at the beginning of the game and the selected card of all the suits serve as a Wild Joker. Note - If the Printed Joker is selected randomly as the Wild Joker, then Aces of all suits act as Wild Joker.
Pure Sequence	A pure sequence is group of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit that is formed without any joker, such as 5♥ 6♥ 7♥ 8♥. Note - No joker (printed or wild) is used to form a pure sequence.
Impure Sequence	Any sequence formed with Joker except the ones formed with the Wild Joker of the same suit and continuity.
Melding	Taking a combination of cards from hand, and placing it face up in front on the table, where it stays.
Melds	The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build melds which consists of sets and sequences.
Discarding	Placing a card from hand on top of the discard pile. Player get rid of one card this way at the end of each turn.