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.
Tout in play
Tout (French for 'all') is the top rung of the Schafkopf announcement ladder, a public claim that the declaring side will sweep every trick. It outranks an ordinary Solo and even a plain Schneider call, doubling the game value if fulfilled but losing the moment a single trick slips away, making it strictly bolder than just promising 61 points. Sheepshead has no formal Tout bid, though the spirit lives on in a no-tricker attempt where a lone picker gambles on taking everything.
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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.