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The word of the day for 10 July, 2026:

Belly Buster

Noun
Inside straight draw; four cards to a straight, where the missing card would be in the middle of the straight; a hand in which four out of five cards of consecutive rank are held and in which the missing fifth card has a rank that is between the highest and lowest ranked cards that are already in hand; gutshot straight draw; as opposed to an open-ended straight draw or a one-ended straight draw.

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