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How to score Spades

Make your bid and you score 10 points per trick bid, plus 1 point for each extra trick (a bag). Miss it and you lose 10 points per trick bid. Every 10 bags costs 100 points. First team to 500 wins.

Scoring a hand

ResultPoints
Made the bid10 × bid
Each overtrick (bag)1
Every 10 bags−100
Set (missed the bid)−10 × bid

Nil bids

BidMadeMissed
Nil+100−100
Blind nil+200−200

Partners' bids are added together and scored as one contract; a nil bid is scored separately. Some tables play to 300 or count bags differently.

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Free printable score sheet

Print a blank Spades score sheet with room for four players or teams.

Spades score sheet

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