This word search contains the names of 25 card games, each with a single letter replaced by a picture of a playing card. In alphabetical order, the games are:
- Baccarat
- Bezique
- Blackjack
- Bridge
- Canasta
- Crazy Eights
- Cribbage
- Egyptian Ratscrew
- Euchre
- Freecell
- Go Fish
- Hearts
- Kings in the Corner
- Old Maid
- Pinochle
- Piquet
- Pitch
- Rummy
- Slapjack
- Solitaire
- Spades
- Spoons
- Texas Hold ’em
- Trash
- Whist
And the completed grid looks like this:
The unused letters in the grid spell out START WITH SPADES ACE TO KING AND FOLLOW THAT WITH HEARTS FROM ACE TO QUEEN TO FIND YOUR SOLUTION WORDS. Each card replaces a single letter in an answer. Ordering those letters as the clue instructs gives the phrase CARD GAME RULES AUTHOR EDMOND. The man who wrote the original compilation of rules for card games was Edmond HOYLE.