Gameplay
Trump
Definition
The powerful suit that beats all fail cards. In Sheepshead: all Queens, all Jacks, and all Diamonds are trump (14 cards total).
Related Terms
Fail (Fail Suit)
Any suit that is not trump. In Sheepshead, Clubs, Spades, and Hearts (without their Queens and Jacks) are fail suits.
Diamonds
The suit that forms the lower trump cards. All Diamonds (A♦ through 7♦) are trump, ranked below the Jacks.
Trump In
To play a trump card when a fail suit was led (because you have none of that fail suit). A way to win tricks you otherwise couldn't.