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up-and-down straight draw

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
up--and--down s-traight -draw
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poker hand that has four cards to a straight, where there are two different ranked cards that will complete the straight. E.g. 4-5-6-7, either a 3 or 8 could make a straight. It is used only when the player has not yet received all the cards she will receive for a particular hand.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

up-and-down straight draws (plural)

Questions

What does up-and-down straight draw mean?
A poker hand that has four cards to a straight, where there are two different ranked cards that will complete the straight. E.g. 4-5-6-7, either a 3 or 8 could make a straight. It is used only when the player has not yet received all the cards she will receive for a particular hand.

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