Codenames 41

[shallow_thought]

I think we need to point to the words in bold. If those are correct, I agree with CODE next.

Point to Wake
Point to Figure

Yep, we do .

[DaveV]

I've cooled considerably on CODE. There's a very good chance that Cardiac was pointing to HOSPITAL, UNDERTAKER, WAKE. We are probably better indicating CODE as our next choice but passing, since we can't win this round anyway.

[El Grillo]

WAKE is gray. Red team is up!

[Amicalola]

MISSILE	RABBIT	ATLANTIS	WIND	BERMUDA
DRESS	TRIANGLE	TRIP	NAIL	ROW
NEEDLE	DRAFT	FIGHTER	FIGURE	STATE
RAY	WAKE	SATELLITE	UNDERTAKER	LUCK
CODE	HOSPITAL	PYRAMID	CIRCLE	STRING

Red Team is up!

Lottery 2

[Bobchillingworth]

Luck, of course, and then probably State (state lotteries are a thing in the U.S., at least).

Assuming both of those is red, we'd still be down a word for Straight; IIRC we were leaning toward Fighter, but we should double-check.

[Bobchillingworth]

Actually, looks like String was the most common alternative for the final Straight word. I guess Straight and Luck also have a connection if you think of poker hands, but that can't have been what Ami was thinking given we only have a 2-word clue.

[Charriu]

I'm mean LUCK must be one of them.

Then there is the term DRAFT lottery.

Every STATE has their own lottery.

[Tarkeel]

DRAFT is the first word that springs out at me, followed closely by LUCK.Not sure how big STATE lotteries are in Australia?

I'd prefer LUCK > DRAFT, with STRING as the +1

[Azoth]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Too bad we didn't get the chance to cleanly point to our +1 before this clue.

Point to LUCK

I had a hard time coming up with a second word. I was vaguely thinking ATLANTIS (being the name of a casino?) but of course there are easier ways to clue LUCK/ATLANTIS.

No clue if there are STATE lotteries in Australia; here in the UK, it's the National Lottery. By DRAFT, do we mean conscription?

Given those options, I think STRING is much more likely to be our final world than FIGHTER. Because Conscripted 3 would be the clue of choice for LUCK/DRAFT/FIGHTER. So I'm actually leaning towards STRING next, and then we can take our pick between STATE and DRAFT.

[Charriu]

STRING next sounds good