wild card
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wild card
noun wild cards · wildcard · wild-card
- A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
- A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion. Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card.
- Alternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
- Alternative form of wildcard (“symbol for a generic sound”).
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Talk about this word "wild card." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wild%20card. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wild card. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20card "wild card." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20card.
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@misc{wild_card_2026,
title = {wild card},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20card},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
