Meaning & use

straight flush

noun·Advanced

A poker hand containing five cards of the same suit in consecutive order.

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He stunned the table by revealing a straight flush on the final card.

A straight flush beats four of a kind in nearly every poker variant.

A note on using this word

A straight flush ranks below only a royal flush, which is technically the highest possible straight flush.

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