10♥ J♥ Q♥ Q♠ + Q♣ cut = 15 points

What the queen of clubs contributes

Holding ten of hearts, jack of hearts, queen of hearts, queen of spades with the queen of clubs as the cut scores 15 points in the hand.

Scoring combinations involving the queen of clubs contribute 7 points. The remaining 8 points come from combinations entirely within the four held cards.

• run of three: ten of hearts, jack of hearts, queen of clubs — 3 points.
• Pair: queen of hearts, queen of clubs — 2 points.
• Pair: queen of spades, queen of clubs — 2 points.

Other available cuts of this rank: queen of diamonds (15 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 15, 2 score the same (including the queen of clubs), and 10 score more.

Across all 48 possible cut cards, the score ranges from 8 to 17 points, averaging 10.50 points. This comparison treats every card outside the four-card hand as equally likely; it does not exclude known discards or other seen cards.