Free Printable Cribbage Score Sheet With a Skunk Line

Pegging, hand and crib on one line per deal, totaled to 121 with the skunk line in view.

Cribbage Score Sheet

One game to 121

One game to 121: a column for each player. Totals fill in as scores are typed.
Round
Cribbage deal 1Pegging + hand, + crib for the dealer
Cribbage deal 2
Cribbage deal 3
Cribbage deal 4
Cribbage deal 5
Cribbage deal 6
Cribbage deal 7
Cribbage deal 8
Cribbage deal 9
Cribbage deal 10
Cribbage deal 11
Cribbage deal 12
Cribbage deal 13
Cribbage deal 14
Cribbage deal 15
Cribbage total, first to 121 wins
Holes left to peg out at 121121 minus the total
Holes short of the skunk line at 9191 minus the total; 0 means safe

Scoring key

Fifteen in the play 2
Bring the running count to exactly 15 and peg 2.
Thirty-one in the play 2
Exactly 31 pegs 2. The count restarts at zero, and pairs or runs do not carry across.
Go, or the last card short of 31 1
1 when nobody can play without passing 31, and 1 for the last card of the deal. An exact 31 scores its 2 instead.
Pair, pair royal, double pair royal 2 / 6 / 12
In the play or the show. Three of a kind is three pairs, so 6. Four of a kind is six pairs, so 12.
Run in the play, in any order 1 a card
Three to seven cards in sequence, 1 each. Order is free (4, 6, 5) if no other card falls between them.
His heels: a jack turned up as starter 2
The dealer pegs 2 at once, before a card is played. The game can end on it.
Each fifteen in the show 2
Every different set of cards adding to 15. Face cards count 10 and an ace counts 1.
Run of three, four or five in the show 3 / 4 / 5
1 per card. Count the longest run, then again for each duplicate card.
Double runs, pairs included 8/10/15/16
Double run of three 8, of four 10, triple run 15, double-double run 16. Fifteens are extra: 4-4-5-5-6 is 24.
Flush: four in hand, five with the starter 4 / 5
Four hand cards of one suit score 4, or 5 with a matching starter. A crib flush needs all five cards.
His nobs: the jack of the starter suit 1
A jack in hand or crib matching the starter suit: 1.
Highest hand: 5-5-5-J and a 5 starter 29
Jack in the starter suit: 16 for fifteens, 12 for the fives, 1 for nobs. No hand or crib can score 19, 25, 26 or 27. We checked all 12,994,800 hands and starters.
Counting order: non-dealer, dealer, crib
Non-dealer first, then the dealer hand, then the crib. Play stops at 121, so the order decides close games.
Skunk: the loser finishes on 90 or less 3 not 2
A win by 31 or more. Tournaments record it as 3 game points, not 2. Hole 90 is called the stink hole.

How each row scores

Cribbage deal
Pegging + hand, + crib for the dealer
Holes left to peg out at 121
121 minus the total
Holes short of the skunk line at 91
91 minus the total; 0 means safe

Type a score and the totals fill in. Highest total wins. First to 121 wins.

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Free Printable Cribbage Score Sheet With a Skunk Line: how it works

When the peg board is missing, this free printable cribbage score sheet does its job on paper or a phone. Every deal gets one line with boxes for pegging, hand and crib, and a running total climbs to 121 for two to four players. Two more rows show the holes left and the distance to the skunk line at 91.

Fill in one line per deal

Press Add a player for a third or fourth column and rename the headings; partners share one. Tally pegging in pencil during the play, then type the sum in Pegging, with the dealer's 2 for a jack starter included. After the show, type your Hand, and the dealer types the Crib. Each box counts as soon as it is filled. The sheet flags a hand of 19, 25, 26 or 27, which no four cards and a starter can make.

Counting order, 121 and the skunk

The non-dealer shows first, then the dealer's hand, then the crib, and the game stops the moment anyone reaches 121. Near the end that order decides it: a non-dealer who needs 6 and holds 8 wins before the dealer counts a card. A loser on 90 or less is skunked. American Cribbage Congress tournaments record that win as 3 game points against 2, which the Tournament match: 2 and 3 sheet tallies.

Tips

  • Print blank sheet gives a printable cribbage score sheet on Letter or A4 with the scoring key under the grid.
  • Pegged out during the play? Type the pegging and leave Hand and Crib empty. The line still counts.
  • Count every hand in the same order: fifteens, pairs, runs, flush, nobs. A double run of three is 8 before any fifteens.

Questions and answers

What is the highest hand in cribbage?

29: three fives and a jack in hand, with the fourth five turned up in the jack's suit. That is 16 for fifteens, 12 for the four fives and 1 for nobs. We checked all 12,994,800 hands and starters, and none scores 19, 25, 26 or 27.

What counts as a skunk?

Winning while the loser is still short of 91. A double skunk, with the loser short of 61, is a house rule. Free-play tables often score 1 match point for a win, 2 for a skunk and 4 for a double skunk, as the Free-play match: 1, 2 and 4 sheet does.

Can the crib score a four-card flush?

No. Four hand cards of one suit score 4, and 5 if the starter matches. The crib counts a flush only when all five cards match. The jack of the starter's suit is worth 1 in hand or crib.

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Game to 121 4

  • Cribbage deal One line per deal. Pegging is everything you pegged during the play, with the dealer's 2 for a jack starter included. Hand is your four cards counted with the starter. Only the dealer fills Crib. Each box counts as soon as it is filled, so a player who pegs out during the play leaves the rest of the line empty.
  • Cribbage total, first to 121 wins Every deal added together: the hole your front peg would stand in. The game ends the moment a player reaches 121, even in the middle of the play or the show.
  • Holes left to peg out at 121 121 less the total, and never below zero. A non-dealer who needs fewer points than the hand is worth wins before the dealer counts.
  • Holes short of the skunk line at 91 91 less the total, and never below zero. If this is still above zero when the other player reaches 121, the loser finished on 90 or less and is skunked.

Match tally 4

  • Free-play game: 1 win, 2 skunk, 4 double skunk The kitchen-table scale: 1 match point for a win, 2 when the loser is short of 91 and 4 when the loser is short of 61. The loser types 0. The double skunk is a house rule, not part of the tournament rules.
  • Free-play match points, most wins the match Every game added together on the 1, 2 and 4 scale.
  • Tournament game points, most wins the match Every game added together. Agree the length of the match first: a set number of games, or the first player to a points total.
  • Tournament game: 2 for a win, 3 for a skunk One line per game of a match. The winner types 2, or 3 when the loser finished on 90 or less, and the loser types 0. These are the game points the American Cribbage Congress records.

Scoring key 17

  • Counting order: non-dealer, dealer, crib Non-dealer first, then the dealer hand, then the crib. Play stops at 121, so the order decides close games.
  • The deal: six cards for two, five for more Two players get six cards and lay away two. Three get five each, one card is dealt straight to the crib and each lays away one. Four get five each and lay away one. Every hand and the crib end up with four cards, and the crib is the dealer's.
  • Double runs, pairs included Double run of three 8, of four 10, triple run 15, double-double run 16. Fifteens are extra: 4-4-5-5-6 is 24.
  • Double skunk: the loser is short of 61 A house rule worth 4 match points in free play. The tournament rules give nothing extra for it.
  • Each fifteen in the show Every different set of cards adding to 15. Face cards count 10 and an ace counts 1.
  • Fifteen in the play Bring the running count to exactly 15 and peg 2.
  • Flush: four in hand, five with the starter Four hand cards of one suit score 4, or 5 with a matching starter. A crib flush needs all five cards.
  • Go, or the last card short of 31 1 when nobody can play without passing 31, and 1 for the last card of the deal. An exact 31 scores its 2 instead.
  • Highest hand: 5-5-5-J and a 5 starter Jack in the starter suit: 16 for fifteens, 12 for the fives, 1 for nobs. No hand or crib can score 19, 25, 26 or 27. We checked all 12,994,800 hands and starters.
  • His heels: a jack turned up as starter The dealer pegs 2 at once, before a card is played. The game can end on it.
  • His nobs: the jack of the starter suit A jack in hand or crib matching the starter suit: 1.
  • Muggins is optional Where it is played, points a player fails to count can be claimed by the opponent. The American Cribbage Congress lists it as its only optional rule, so agree before the first game.
  • Pair, pair royal, double pair royal In the play or the show. Three of a kind is three pairs, so 6. Four of a kind is six pairs, so 12.
  • Run in the play, in any order Three to seven cards in sequence, 1 each. Order is free (4, 6, 5) if no other card falls between them.
  • Run of three, four or five in the show 1 per card. Count the longest run, then again for each duplicate card.
  • Skunk: the loser finishes on 90 or less A win by 31 or more. Tournaments record it as 3 game points, not 2. Hole 90 is called the stink hole.
  • Thirty-one in the play Exactly 31 pegs 2. The count restarts at zero, and pairs or runs do not carry across.

How this list was compiled: Written by the editors. Card values, pegging and show scores, his heels and his nobs, the flush rule, the 29 hand, the impossible scores, the deal for two, three and four players, the counting order, the skunk and double skunk lines and the two match-point scales were checked on 2026-09-18 against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_cribbage. The 121 game hole, the skunk as a win by 31 or more, the stink hole at 90, game points of 2 and 3, the counting order and muggins as the only optional rule were checked on 2026-09-18 against the American Cribbage Congress rule book at https://www.cribbage.org/NewSite/rules/rulebook_2025.pdf. The list of scores a hand or crib can make (0 to 29 without 19, 25, 26 and 27) was computed by the editors from all 12,994,800 combinations of a four-card hand and a starter, and matches both sources. The number of deal lines (15) and game lines (12) is our choice, not a rule. Licence: own work