# Name of card game?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 18, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009 "2014-11-18T23:00:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009/1 "2014-11-18T23:00:29Z")

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What is the name of the card game where you place the cards in descending order on a rack? Is there an app for it? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009/2 "2014-11-18T23:12:46Z")

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Are you talking about Solitaire (Klondike, specifically?) I’m not sure what you mean by placing cards in descending order on a rack. Can you be more specific? Is this a single player game, a multiplayer game? What do you mean by “rack”?

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**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009/3 "2014-11-18T23:41:57Z")

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Racko is a classic family game that fits your description (a retro version has been released lately and is highly available).

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**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009/4 "2014-11-18T23:55:35Z")

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> [@squidfood](#):
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> Racko is a classic family game that fits your description (a retro version has been released lately and is highly available).

That’s it! Thank you! I had a computer version on the old windows 95 computer. I’d like to find it for my tablet. Off to look for an app.

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**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009/5 "2014-11-19T00:00:22Z")

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No android app. Boo.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009/6 "2014-11-19T00:26:39Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Moving thread from General Questions to the Game Room.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-card-game/705009/7 "2014-11-19T05:19:39Z")

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> [@squidfood](#):
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> Racko is a classic family game that fits your description (a retro version has been released lately and is highly available).

Ah, interesting. That was a lot different than anything I was imagining. I mean, it does fit the description perfectly, but my mind was completely elsewhere.