Tout
German: French "tout" — all/everything; declaring you will take all the tricks
Definition
A Schafkopf declaration claiming the declaring side will win every trick — the bid loses if even one trick goes to the opponents. Doubles the game value if achieved, and is the boldest call in the variant's announcement hierarchy.
Related Terms
Solo
A declaration in Schafkopf where the picker plays alone against the other three with a chosen trump suit (other than the default), worth more points than a normal game. In Sheepshead, "going solo" usually means the same as Going Alone — picker versus all defenders with no partner called.
Schafkopf
The German ancestor of Sheepshead, originating in Bavaria in the 1700s. The name likely refers to playing on a barrel head ("Schaff" = barrel, "Kopf" = head), though it's often translated as "sheep's head."
Go Alone
When the picker chooses not to call a partner and plays against all four opponents. The picker gets/loses all the points.