Every possible cribbage hand score

A standard four-card hand plus cut can score every total from 0 through 29 except 19, 25, 26 and 27. “Nineteen” is sometimes used as a joke for a zero-point hand.

Score	Example
0	2♣ 6♠ 10♠ J♣ + K♦ cut: 0 points
1	2♦ 4♣ 6♦ J♣ + 10♣ cut: 1 points
2	2♣ 2♦ 6♣ Q♠ + K♦ cut: 2 points
3	2♣ 8♣ J♥ Q♣ + 8♥ cut: 3 points
4	2♠ 6♦ 7♥ 9♠ + 3♠ cut: 4 points
5	2♦ 6♠ J♣ Q♥ + 3♣ cut: 5 points
6	4♣ 4♠ 9♥ 10♦ + A♣ cut: 6 points
7	2♣ 3♣ 4♣ 6♠ + K♦ cut: 7 points
8	2♣ 3♠ 5♣ 10♦ + J♠ cut: 8 points
9	3♥ 4♠ 6♦ 9♥ + 2♦ cut: 9 points
10	2♣ 7♦ 8♦ 9♦ + 6♥ cut: 10 points
11	2♦ 5♥ 6♣ 7♦ + 2♠ cut: 11 points
12	2♣ 2♠ 6♣ 7♦ + 7♥ cut: 12 points
13	3♣ 4♣ 6♣ 7♣ + 5♦ cut: 13 points
14	2♣ 2♥ 3♦ 10♣ + A♦ cut: 14 points
15	2♣ 2♦ 2♥ 4♥ + 3♠ cut: 15 points
16	3♣ 4♣ 5♣ 10♣ + 5♠ cut: 16 points
17	2♣ 3♣ 4♦ 4♠ + 4♣ cut: 17 points
18	2♣ 2♥ 3♥ 4♠ + 4♦ cut: 18 points
19	Impossible in a standard four-card hand plus cut
20	5♦ Q♣ Q♦ Q♥ + Q♠ cut: 20 points
21	3♣ 3♦ 4♠ 5♠ + 3♥ cut: 21 points
22	5♦ 5♥ 5♠ Q♦ + Q♠ cut: 22 points
23	4♣ 5♣ 5♦ 5♥ + 6♣ cut: 23 points
24	4♣ 4♦ 5♥ 5♠ + 6♣ cut: 24 points
25	Impossible in a standard four-card hand plus cut
26	Impossible in a standard four-card hand plus cut
27	Impossible in a standard four-card hand plus cut
28	5♣ 5♦ 5♥ 5♠ + K♣ cut: 28 points
29	5♣ 5♦ 5♥ J♠ + 5♠ cut: 29 points

Why are some totals impossible?

Points are constrained by the same five cards: pairs and fifteens score in twos, runs depend on consecutive ranks, and flush and nobs require particular suits. These categories cannot be combined freely. Enumerating all valid hands under these rules leaves no way to make 19, 25, 26 or 27. These exclusions apply to a single hand, not a player’s running game score. See the verified distribution of all 12,994,800 hand/cut combinations.

More examples grouped by total · How to count 29, 28 and 24

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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