The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Five cards are dealt face down into players' hands. Two community cards are dealt face up in the center of the table. Three face down cards are also dealt in a row seperate from the community cards so all players can see them. We recommend they be placed perpendicular to the community cards to form a T shape. These three cards are referred to as: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

(the first card dealt is "The Good", and so on)

First is a standard exchange round where players may exchange one card from their hand.

Then the dealer turns up the first card in the row of face down cards ("The Good"). Any card, including the community cards, that matches the poker rank of this card is wild. It can be any letter worth zero and the card's normal poker rank, or any poker card with the card's normal letter and value, but not both.

Next is a second exchange round where players may exchange one card from their hand.

Then the dealer turns up the card next to "The Good". This card is "The Bad". Any cards, including community cards, that match the poker rank of this card have a letter value of zero. The letter can still be used in the word and counts for word length, but the letter value becomes zero.

Next is a third and final exchange round where players may exchange one card from their hand.

Finally the dealer turns up the last face down card. This card is "The Ugly". Any cards in players' hands matching the poker rank of this card are immediately discarded and replaced with a new card dealt face down into their hand. If a community card matches the poker rank of "The Ugly", it is also discarded and replaced with a new face up card from the deck. If it is replaced with the same rank poker card, that card is also discarded and replaced.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly ARE NOT COMMUNITY CARDS. They are not to be used in players' hands.

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