1. [n]  a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as their sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
2. [n]  a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0 or 1 or 2 or 3) modulo 4

FANTAN is a 6 letter word that starts with F.