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Is There a Word for When You Just Missed Getting the Perfect Card or Dice Roll in a Game?

Dana in Reno, Nevada, wants a word for that moment when you’re playing cards or a board game and you draw what would have been the perfect card or tile for the previous turn you played. She suggests post-perfect pickup. Might there be others? Maybe headdesk or even eureka spelled backwards? This is part of a complete episode.

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  • Futeureka!!! seems to fit the bill although I must apologize for introducing another portmanteau into the lexicon.

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