4♥ 5♥ 6♥ Q♣ + Q♦ cut = 11 points

11 points. Fifteens 6 · Pairs 2 · Runs 3

Hand

Cut card

Every scoring combination (hand)
PointsReasonCards
2fifteen5♥ Q♣
2fifteen5♥ Q♦
2fifteen4♥ 5♥ 6♥
3run of three4♥ 5♥ 6♥
2PairQ♣ Q♦
11Total points

What the queen of diamonds contributes

Holding 4 of hearts, 5 of hearts, 6 of hearts, queen of clubs with the queen of diamonds as the cut scores 11 points in the hand.

Scoring combinations involving the queen of diamonds contribute 4 points. The remaining 7 points come from combinations entirely within the four held cards.

  • fifteen: 5 of hearts, queen of diamonds — 2 points.
  • Pair: queen of clubs, queen of diamonds — 2 points.

Other available cuts of this rank: queen of hearts (11 points); queen of spades (11 points). Changing only the cut suit leaves this score unchanged.

How this cut compares

For these four held cards, 36 possible cuts score less than 11, 3 score the same (including the queen of diamonds), and 9 score more.

Across all 48 possible cut cards, the score ranges from 7 to 16 points, averaging 9.69 points. This comparison treats every card outside the four-card hand as equally likely; it does not exclude known discards or other seen cards.

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