How Cribbage Sudoku works
A 6×6 board with some cells blocked out and a handful of cards already placed. Drag the rest of the deal from your pool onto the open cells — every card gets placed, and you can rearrange until you like it.
Every row, every column, AND every outlined box scores as its own cribbage hand with the starter card — 15s, pairs, runs, and flushes — so each card you place counts in three hands at once. Placement is everything.
One deal per day, the same for everyone — race the daily leaderboard, or replay yesterday’s and random puzzles.
Placing the cards
- Every card counts three times — in its row, its column and its box — so the best square for a card is where it helps all three.
- Fives and ten-cards want to share lines. Put a five where a row and a column both already hold tens or faces.
- Work from the cards that are already placed. They can’t move, so the lines through them tell you what each empty square needs.
- You can rearrange as often as you like before you finish. Get everything down first, then improve the weakest lines.
Common questions
How is Cribbage Sudoku scored?
Each row, each column and each outlined box is counted as a cribbage hand with the starter card: fifteens, pairs, runs and flushes. Your score is the total of all of them.
Is it the same puzzle for everyone?
Yes, one deal a day, with a daily leaderboard. You can also replay yesterday’s puzzle or try a random one.
More free cribbage puzzles
Cribbage Hand Calculator
The Daily Discard
Cribbage Word of the Day
Cribble
Cribbage Patience
Cribbage Counter
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.