Cribbage hand calculator
Choose the four cards you kept and the starter, then see where every category of points comes from. This counts the hand or crib after play, not pegging points.
Try the famous 29-point hand
Keep three fives and a jack, with the fourth five as starter in the jack’s suit. Fifteens score 16, the six pairs among the fives score 12, and nobs scores 1. Total: 29.
What the calculator counts
Fifteens and pairs score two each. Runs score their length; separate combinations count, but shorter runs inside a longer run do not count again. Aces are low.
A four-card flush scores four in a hand, or five if the starter matches. In the crib, all five cards must match. Nobs is one point for a held jack matching the starter’s suit.
A jack turned as starter scores “heels” separately during the game. It is not added here. Read the complete Cribbage guide.
Cribbage: where 29 comes from
Sixteen for fifteens, twelve for pairs, one for nobs. Count the famous 29-point Cribbage hand, then try your own cards in our free calculator.
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Three fives and a jack, with the fourth five as starter in the jack's suit. Sixteen for fifteens. Twelve for pairs, and one for nobs. Twenty-nine. Try your own hand and see the breakdown with Vanikar.