Highest scoring cribbage hands

29 points

Keep three Fives and a Jack. The cut must be the remaining Five of the Jack’s suit: sixteen for fifteens, twelve for pairs and one for nobs.

5♣ 5♦ 5♥ J♠ + 5♠ cut: 29 points

28 points

Four Fives plus a ten-value card score sixteen for fifteens and twelve for pairs. Without nobs that is 28.

5♣ 5♦ 5♥ 5♠ + K♣ cut: 28 points

24 points

A double-double run can contribute twelve run points and four pair points, with fifteens bringing the total to 24. Open the breakdown to see every combination.

4♣ 4♦ 5♥ 5♠ + 6♣ cut: 24 points

25, 26 and 27 are impossible, so 24 is the next attainable score below 28.

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Rules reference: Pagat six-card cribbage and the American Cribbage Congress rulebook. Every example here is evaluated by the same calculator used for the result pages.

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