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How to score Hand and Foot

Each round, add up the cards you melded, add 500 for every clean book and 300 for every dirty book, add 100 for going out, then subtract the cards still in your hand and foot. Highest total after the last round wins.

Card values

CardPoints
Joker50
Ace20
2 (wild)20
8 through King10
4 through 75
Black 35
Red 3100 against you if it's left in your hand or foot

Bonuses

ForPoints
Clean book (7 cards, no wilds)500
Dirty book (7 cards, some wilds)300
Going out100

Minimum first meld

RoundPoints needed
150
290
3120
4150

House rules vary more in Hand and Foot than almost any other card game: some tables pay 1,500 for a book of wilds, score red 3s as a bonus, or play more rounds. Agree before you deal, then put your table's values in as quick scores in Score Games.

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Let your phone do the math. Score Games keeps the running totals for Hand and Foot, and everyone at the table sees the scores update live on their own phone.

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Free printable score sheet

Print a blank Hand and Foot score sheet with room for four players or teams.

Hand and Foot score sheet

Round
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