5♦ Q♣ Q♦ Q♥ + Q♠ cut = 20 points

What the queen of spades contributes

Holding 5 of diamonds, queen of clubs, queen of diamonds, queen of hearts with the queen of spades as the cut scores 20 points in the hand.

Scoring combinations involving the queen of spades contribute 8 points. The remaining 12 points come from combinations entirely within the four held cards.

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

All other cards of this rank are already in the hand.

How this cut compares

For these four held cards, 44 possible cuts score less than 20, 4 score the same (including the queen of spades), and 0 score more.

Across all 48 possible cut cards, the score ranges from 12 to 20 points, averaging 13.17 points. This comparison treats every card outside the four-card hand as equally likely; it does not exclude known discards or other seen cards.