Etymology

goofspiel

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Today it means: A card game, of interest in game theory, in which each player is given one suit of cards and makes secret bids for cards of the remaining suit, every card being worth its face value. Full definition →

German Spiel
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The story

  1. German · derived fromSpiel“game”
  2. English todaygoofspiel

Presumably from goof and German Spiel (“game”).

Words from the same roots

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spiel

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