Home › Words › Y › yarboroughyarboroughyarborough means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, yarborough ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyAfter the second Earl of Yarborough (b. 1809), who supposedly bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur.nameA surname.nounA hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.A hand that contains no honors (alternative letter-case form of yarborough).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.offsuit 56% match — Of two or more cards, not of the same suit. vs yarborough →aceless 55% match — Without an ace. vs yarborough →underpair 53% match — A pocket pair of a lower rank than all of the community cards on the board. vs yarborough →heinz 52% match — A five and a seven as starting cards in Texas hold 'em vs yarborough →honorlessness 51% match — Lack of honor. vs yarborough →overcard 50% match — A card higher than any other card or pair. Often used in reference to the community cards in Texas hold 'em vs yarborough →bookends 50% match — An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. vs yarborough →cowboys 49% match — A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. vs yarborough →