Wildcard

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Games A playing card whose value can vary as determined by its holder.
  • n. Sports An athlete or team selected to compete in a tournament or playoff from among those who did not qualify by meeting the regular requirements.
  • n. Computer Science A symbol that stands for one or more unspecified characters, used especially in searching text and in selecting multiple files or directories.
  • n. Slang An unpredictable or unforeseeable factor: A surprise witness proved to be the wild card at the trial.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
  • n. An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
  • n. An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
  • n. Alternative form of wild card.
  • Word Usage
    "Fifty results for the term wildcard in the Search forum."
    Verb Form
    wildcarded    wildcards   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wild-card    form_for    server-side    recent    non-adaptive