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How many points are needed to win an American game of classic whist?
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Men playing whist, watercolour on paper by Mary Ellen Best, c. mid-19th century; in the York Art Gallery, England.
In the classic game of whist, the number of points required to win depends on the regional variation being played. For the American version of classic whist, the game is played to seven points. In contrast, the British version of the game is played to five points.1