🃏 How to play

Rummy 500 rules

Dig into the discard pile, meld big and race to 500.

Players: 2–8
Time: Quick
You need: Standard playing cards

The goal

Be the first player to reach 500 points from cards you meld, minus cards stuck in your hand.

How a hand works

1
Deal
Deal 7 cards each (13 each with two players). Turn one card up to start the discard pile, spread so every card shows.
2
Draw
Take the top stock card, or any card in the discard pile — but you must take every card above it too, and meld the deepest card you took right away.
3
Meld and lay off
Lay down sets (3–4 of a kind) or runs (3+ in a row, same suit). You may also add cards to anyone's melds — they score for you.
4
Discard
End your turn by discarding one card. The hand ends when someone goes out or the stock runs out.

Card values

Ace15 (1 in A-2-3)
K, Q, J, 1010
2 – 9Face value
Cards left in handSubtract

End of a hand

1.Leo melded 7♠ 7♥ 7♦ (21) and J♣ Q♣ K♣ (30) = 51.
2.He's still holding an Ace (15).
3.Hand score: 51 − 15 = 36.

Winning tips

Big pickups from the discard pile can win the game — or leave you stuck.
Lay off onto other players' melds to dump cards.
Go out quickly when others hold lots of cards.

Popular house rules

Some tables score Aces as 15 even in a low run.
Some tables require calling 'Rummy' to steal a playable discard.

Scorekeeping coming soon

Rummy 500 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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