Meanings
nounwild card (plural wild cards)
plural wild cards · alternative wildcard · alternative wild-card
- card gamesA card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
- hobbiesA competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card.
- alternativecomputingAlternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
- alternativehuman sciencesAlternative form of wildcard (“symbol for a generic sound”).
Translations
Bulgarian жокер
- жокер (žoker)special card
Catalan comodí, jòquer
- comodíspecial card
- jòquerspecial card
Chinese Mandarin 赖子, 外卡
- 赖子 (làizi)special card
- 外卡 (wàikǎ)competitor or team
Finnish jokeri, villi kortti
- jokerispecial card
- villi kortticompetitor or team
French joker
- jokerspecial card
German Joker
- Jokerspecial card
Hungarian dzsóker
- dzsókerspecial card
Japanese ワイルドカード
- ワイルドカード (wairudo kādo)competitor or team
Korean 와일드카드
- 와일드카드 (waildeukadeu)competitor or team
Polish dżoker, dzika karta
- dżokerspecial card
- dzika kartacompetitor or team
Portuguese curinga, jóquer
- curingaspecial card
- jóquerspecial card
Romanian joker, wildcard
- jokerspecial card
- wildcardcompetitor or team
Russian джо́кер, ди́кая ка́рта
- джо́кер (džóker)special card
- ди́кая ка́рта (díkaja kárta)special card
Spanish comodín
- comodínspecial card
Swedish joker
- jokerspecial card
Turkish turnuva kartı
- turnuva kartıcompetitor or team
Cite this entry
APA
wild card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20card
MLA
“wild card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20card. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wild card,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20card.
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