| NBA long shots? |
The Washington Post Mini |
11 Jul 2026 |
| Deuce beaters |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2026 |
| Three-pointers, in hoops lingo |
New York Times Midi |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Three-pointers, in hoops lingo |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Cards above deuces |
Premier Sunday |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Low cards |
Thomas Joseph |
19 May 2025 |
| Cards that beat deuces |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2025 |
| Threes, in cards |
The Telegraph Plusword |
20 Apr 2025 |
| They barely beat deuces |
|
|
| Threes, when playing cards |
The Telegraph Plusword |
20 Feb 2025 |
| They just beat deuces |
|
|
| Unlikely war winners |
|
|
| Low cards |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Lakers' three-pointers? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Threes to a poker player |
|
|
| Cards that beat deuces |
Universal |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Three-pointers, in basketball |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2024 |
| They beat deuces in war |
|
|
| Deuce toppers |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Deuce beaters |
Thomas Joseph |
27 May 2023 |
| Low cards |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2023 |
| Deuce beaters |
Thomas Joseph |
01 May 2023 |
| Components of a hard six, in craps |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Deuce-beating cards |
Premier Sunday |
26 Mar 2023 |
| Deuce toppers |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2023 |
| They are barely over deuces |
Family Time |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Threes |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
Thomas Joseph |
13 May 2022 |
| Low cards |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2022 |
| They are barely over deuces |
Family Time |
31 Oct 2021 |
| Deuce beaters |
Family Time |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Three-pointers, in hoops lingo |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Three-pointers, in hoops lingo |
|
|
| Low cards |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Deuce-beating cards |
Premier Sunday |
30 May 2021 |
| Low pocket pair in Texas hold 'em |
New York Times |
13 May 2021 |
| Shots from behind the arc |
Wall Street Journal |
06 May 2021 |
| Part of a full house, maybe |
|
|
| Part of a full house, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Low cards |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Feb 2021 |
| Long shots, in hoops lingo |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2020 |
| Long shots, in hoops lingo |
|
|
| Three-pointers |
Universal |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Low cards |
|
|
| Low cards |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Deck quartet |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Puny poker pair |
Newsday |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Hearts that don't beat very much? |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Deuce toppers |
Family Time |
05 May 2019 |
| Hearts that don't beat very much? |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Deck quartet |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Oct 2018 |
| Slangy three-pointers |
Universal |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Low cards |
Universal |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Lowly playing cards |
Universal |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Low poker pair |
|
|
| Slangy three-pointers |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Three-pointers |
|
|
| Pair also called 'crabs' in Texas hold 'em lingo |
|
|
| Threes, in poker |
|
|
| Cards above deuces |
USA Today |
26 May 2017 |
| They beat deuces |
Premier Sunday |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Cards above deuces |
|
|
| Deuce toppers |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Baskets made from beyond the arc, informally |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2016 |
| Low poker pair |
Newsday |
22 May 2016 |
| War losers, almost always |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Long hoops shots |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2016 |
| Some playing cards |
Universal |
06 Feb 2016 |
| Low playing cards |
Universal |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Some playing cards |
|
|
| Baskets made from beyond the arc, informally |
|
|
| Deuce toppers |
|
|
| Long hoops shots |
|
|
| Low playing cards |
|
|
| Threes |
|
|
| Low-value playing cards |
Universal |
15 Sep 2015 |
| Deuce beaters |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2015 |
| Deuce toppers |
Universal |
09 Aug 2015 |
| Deuce beaters |
Premier Sunday |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Deuce toppers |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2015 |
| Deuce toppers |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Deuce toppers |
|
|
| Deuce toppers |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
|
|
| Deuce toppers |
|
|
| Low-value playing cards |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
|
|
| They beat deuces |
|
|
| Fairly insignificant cards |
|
|
| Low pair |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Deuce toppers |
|
|
| Low poker holdings |
|
|
| Two toppers |
|
|
| Deuce beaters, in cards |
|
|
| Minor pair |
|
|
| Unlikely trick takers |
|
|
| Low poker pair |
|
|
| Probable war losers |
|
|
| Low Hold 'em pair |
|
|
| Low Hold 'em pair |
|
|
| Small diamonds |
|
|
| Small diamonds |
|
|
| Some small clubs |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| They usually lose at war |
|
|
| They usually lose at war |
|
|
| They don't take many tricks |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
|
|
| Small clubs or spades |
|
|
| Poker pair |
|
|
| Small clubs |
|
|
| Small clubs |
|
|
| Poker pair |
|
|
| Low poker pair |
|
|
| Small diamonds, say |
|
|
| Shots from downtown |
|
|
| Deuces plus one |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Poker pair |
|
|
| Low pair |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Cards above deuces |
|
|
| They beat deuces |
|
|
| Deuce takers |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
|
|
| Some playing cards |
|
|
| Long baskets, in basketballese |
|
|
| Low pair |
|
|
| Long baskets, in NBA lingo |
|
|
| They beat twos |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
|
|
| Poker cards |
|
|
| Deuce takers |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| War losers, usually |
|
|
| Low cards |
|
|
| Some cards |
|
|
| Three-spots |
|
|
| Playing cards |
|
|
| Low poker pair |
|
|
| Playing cards |
|
|
| Three-pointers, in basketballese |
|
|
| Three-spots |
|
|
| Low poker pair |
|
|
| They're in the pack |
|
|
| Deuce beaters |
|
|
| They rarely take tricks |
|
|
| Playing cards |
|
|
| Half sixes |
|
|
| They're usually not good with tricks |
|
|
| Deuce toppers |
|
|
| Unexciting bridge holdings |
|
|
| They beat deuces |
|
|
| Low-value playing cards |
|
|
| Deuces' betters |
|
|
| Poker holding |
|
|
| Three-spot cards |
|
|
| Dice throws |
|
|
| Certain canasta cards |
|
|
| Deuces' neighbors |
|
|
| Poker hand |
|
|
| Three-spots |
|
|
| Beaters of deuces |
|
|
| Cards in a Yarborough |
|
|
| Three-pipped sides of dice |
|
|
| Bridge cards |
|
|
| These beat deuces |
|
|
| Four of 52 |
|
|
| Canasta pair |
|
|
| Canasta cards |
|
|
| Cards |
|
|
| Certain cards |
|
|
| Certain cards or dominoes. |
|
|
| Three-spots. |
|
|
| At Canasta 100 each, if red. |
|
|
| Playing-cards. |
|
|
| Toppers of deuces. |
|
|
| Deuce toppers. |
|
|
| Cards. |
|
|
| Some cards. |
|
|
| Canasta cards. |
|
|
| Small pair. |
|
|
| Parts of the deck. |
|
|
| Part of a deck. |
|
|
| Better than deuces. |
|
|
| Low cards. |
|
|
| Good Canasta cards. |
|
|