Editing Oh hell (section)

{{Short description|Trick-taking card game}}
{{Infobox card game
| title = Oh hell
| subtitle = Contract whist
| image_link = Four overlapping playing cards.jpg
| image_caption =
| Family =
| alt_names = See [[#Names|Names section]]
| type = [[Trick-taking]]
| players = 3–7
| num_cards = 52 cards
| deck = [[playing card#French|French]]
| origin = England
| related = {{hlist|[[Bid whist]] | [[Bluke]]}}
| playing_time = 25–50 minutes
| random_chance = 
| skills = some
| footnotes =
}}

'''Oh hell''' or '''contract whist''' is a [[trick-taking]] [[card game]] of British origin in which the object is to take exactly the number of tricks bid.{{efn|Unlike [[contract bridge]] and [[Spades (card game)|spades]], taking more tricks than bid is a fail.}} It was first described by B. C. Westall around 1930 and originally called '''oh! well'''.<ref name=Parlett96>Parlett (1996), p. 176.</ref> It was said to have been introduced into America via the New York clubs in 1931.<ref name=Parlett312>Parlett (1991), p. 312.</ref> [[Hubert Phillips|Phillips]] and Westall describe it as "one of the best [[round game]]s".<ref name=P&W>Phillips & Westall (1939), pp. 222–223.</ref>