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🃏 How to play
Contract Rummy rules
Seven hands. Seven contracts. Lowest total wins.
- Players
- 3–8
- Time
- Quick
- You need
- Standard playing cards
The goal
Complete each hand's contract and go out. Cards left in hand count against you — the lowest total after all seven hands wins.
How a hand works
- 1
Shuffle two decks
Use two decks (add Jokers if you like as wilds). Deal 10 cards in hands 1–4 and 12 in hands 5–7.
- 2
Draw and discard
Take the top stock card or the top discard, then discard. Out of turn, players may 'buy' the discard by taking an extra penalty card from the stock.
- 3
Meet the contract
You can't lay anything down until you can show the full contract for that hand. Sets are 3+ of a kind; runs are 4+ in a row in one suit.
- 4
Lay off and go out
After meeting your contract you may add to any meld. The first player out ends the hand.
The seven contracts
- Hand 12 sets
- Hand 21 set + 1 run
- Hand 32 runs
- Hand 43 sets
- Hand 52 sets + 1 run
- Hand 61 set + 2 runs
- Hand 73 runs, using every card
- Penalty values2–9: 5 · 10–K: 10 · A: 15 · Joker: 50
End of hand 2
- 1.Mia goes out with a set and a run.
- 2.Leo still holds K, 4 and an Ace → 10 + 5 + 15 = 30.
- 3.Mia scores 0.
Winning tips
- Buy discards early — you'll need the cards.
- Don't hold Jokers and Aces too long.
- In hand 7 you can't discard to go out — plan for it.
Popular house rules
- Contract lists differ between families — Phase 10 is a close cousin.
- Some tables limit buys per hand.
Scorekeeping coming soon
Contract Rummy scorekeeping is on the way. Until then, you can score it with a Custom Card Game — or pick from the games ready to play now.
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