How Cribbage Counter works
Ten hands, dealt one at a time — four cards plus the cut. Count the hand in your head and enter the total before the meter drains.
Each hand starts at 200 possible points and loses 20 every second. Answer right to bank what’s left; miss or run out and you bank zero. A perfect round is 1800.
Hands are spread from easy zeros to monsters, and every one ends with the full score breakdown — 15s, pairs, runs — so it sharpens your real-game counting. Daily leaderboard included.
Want to check a count instead of racing one? The cribbage hand calculator scores any hand you enter and shows where every point comes from.
Counting faster
- Always count in the same order: fifteens, pairs, runs, flush, nobs. Saying it the traditional way — “fifteen two, fifteen four, a pair is six” — keeps the running total for you.
- The meter drains 20 points a second, so a sure answer two seconds later beats a guess. A miss banks nothing.
- Learn the stock shapes by sight: a double run of three is 8 before fifteens, a double run of four is 10, a triple run is 15.
- Use Practice counting to slow down. It takes the clock away and walks through the count with you.
Common questions
How is the drill scored?
Each of the ten hands starts at 200 possible points and loses 20 every second. A correct count banks what is left; a wrong count or a timeout banks zero. A perfect round is 1800.
Does every round count for the leaderboard?
Only your first timed round of the day goes on the daily high scores. After that you can play as often as you like for fun.
More free cribbage puzzles
Cribbage Hand Calculator
The Daily Discard
Cribbage Word of the Day
Cribble
Cribbage Patience
Cribbage Sudoku
Play a real game of cribbage
The puzzles are a warm-up. At eCribbage Plus you can play traditional cribbage and sixteen other cribbage games against real players or the computer, with daily tournaments and leagues. It runs in your browser, and a free account is all you need.