Euchre Glossary — What Every Term Means

The most common Euchre terms and what they mean at the table, ordered by how often you will hear them.

Up-card: The top card of the kitty, turned face up after the deal. Its suit is the candidate trump of the first bidding phase.
Kitty: The four undealt cards. The top one is turned up; after the dealer takes the up-card they discard one back into it. The rest are never played.
Order up: Accepting the up-card's suit as trump in the first bidding phase. The dealer then takes the card and discards.
Maker: A member of the team that won the bid. The makers must take at least 3 of the 5 tricks.
Euchre (set): Holding the makers to fewer than 3 tricks. The defenders score 2 points.
March: Winning all five tricks in a hand — 2 points for the makers, 4 if going alone.
Right bower: The jack of the trump suit, the highest card in the game. (Bower comes from the German Bauer, "farmer" — and "jack".)
Left bower: The jack of the same color as trump, the second-highest card. It counts as a trump in every respect.
Going alone: The caller's option to play without their partner, whose cards are set face down. All five tricks score 4 points.
Trumping in (ruffing): Playing a trump on a trick led in another suit because you are void in the led suit.
Dutchman's point: Holding the right bower, left bower and ace of trump — the three top trumps.
Stick the dealer: A house rule (not used by default here) forcing the dealer to name trump if everyone passes in the second phase.