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How do I score fifteens?
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Fifteens are scored based on combinations of cards that total exactly 15 [1]. The specific scoring depends on the number and type of duplicates held: * **Two-card fifteens:** Any combination of two or more cards totaling exactly 15 is called "fifteen-two," where each fifteen formed is worth two points in the pegging [1]. There are three possible two-card combinations: a Five with any Ten or court card, a Nine and a Six, or an Eight and a Seven [1]. * **Fifteens with duplicates:** * If there is a duplicate of either card forming the fifteen (and no pair), the combination is worth 6 points (4 for two fifteens and 2 for a pair) [2]. * If you have duplicates of two different cards, you can form four fifteens; for example, replacing a Seven with a Six and then putting the Seven back with the new Six results in 8 points for the four fifteens plus points for any pairs [3]. * If there are two duplicates of one card in the original fifteen, six separate fifteens can be formed, pegging 12 points (6 for the three fifteens and 6 more for the pair royal) [2]. * If you have two duplicates of one card and one duplicate of the other, the combination is worth 12 points (6 for the three fifteens and 6 more for the pair royal) [2]. * If all three cards in a combination can be replaced with a duplicate, making three extra fifteens, it is worth 20 points (8 for the four fifteens and 12 for the double pair royal) [4]. * If you have an extra tenth card that can replace another tenth card once, the total value of the combination is 6 points ("Fifteen-two, fifteen-four, and a pair") [2][4].
🔧 debug — where this ruling came from
- outcome
- ANSWERED — Answered
- corpus profile
- live
- answerer pin (deploy-frozen, attribution only)
- gemma4:26b think:false 5571076f3d70
- timings
- search 239 ms · ask 12780 ms · total 13030 ms
- single-flight (PR-5)
- queued 0 ms · generation 13030 ms
- retrieval refs (raw)
- [{"page": 55, "score": 0.032266, "snippet": "Determine the number of qualifiers (rule 13.2.b). Collect and count scorecards from each table to make sure that all were turned in. Do not write scores in the boxes at the top of scorecards until cross-checking is completed. Initially check the game-points and games-won columns of all scorecards. D", "headingPath": "Method", "sharpsignalDocId": 151}, {"page": 13, "score": 0.031281, "snippet": "Never play a card which will allow the adversary to make a double score, such as a pair and a fifteen, or a sequence and a fifteen at the same time. Such as the following are all bad plays: 9 on 3; 7 on A; 6 on 3, 4, or 5; 5 on 5; 4 on 7; 3 on 9; A on 7. All these expose you to the immediate rejoind", "headingPath": "Q♠ J♣ J♠ 10♣ A♠", "sharpsignalDocId": 223}, {"page": 36, "score": 0.031054, "snippet": "Beginning with the outside track, a player shall record his or her first score by placing a peg in the hole corresponding to that score. Subsequent scores are recorded by advancing the rear peg over the front peg by 'leapfrogging' the number of holes consistent with the score to be recorded. If a ze", "headingPath": "8.1. Recording Score on Board · 8.2. Zero Hand or Crib · 8.3. Pegging Incorrectly to the Player's Disadvantage · 8.4. Pegging Incorrectly to the Player's Advantage", "sharpsignalDocId": 151}, {"page": 56, "score": 0.030579, "snippet": "Resolve scorecard discrepancies by referring to rule 12.2. 18.Write the score in the boxes at the top of scorecard when cross-checking is completed. In the event that a scorecard is disqualified or changes position because of an error, contact that player with the relevant scorecards as evidence. Ga", "headingPath": "Method", "sharpsignalDocId": 151}, {"page": 16, "score": 0.030118, "snippet": "* | | points earned . . . | points earned . . . | | cards | during play | in hand or crib | | Jack turned by dealer as starter card | 2 | - | | Jack in hand or crib of same suit as starter card | - | 1 | | combinations: | | | | • two of a kind (pair) | 2 | 2 | | • three of a kind (triple) | 6 | 6 | ", "headingPath": "1.7. Scoring Chart", "sharpsignalDocId": 151}, {"page": 9, "score": 0.029762, "snippet": "The total score of the dealer is now 10 points, and that of the pone is 15. The cards they held, and the order in which they were played is as follows:-- SHOWING. In order to illustrate the manner of counting the hands, which is called showing, let us suppose the starter to be a Queen, and that the ", "headingPath": "K♠ J♡ 5♠", "sharpsignalDocId": 223}, {"page": 11, "score": 0.02967, "snippet": "If he invites the run, hoping to make it longer himself, he is said to play on. When a player is behind, it is better for him to play on, and to seize every chance to score, especially with sequences. As it is considered an advantage to be ahead on the first deal, most players prefer a forward game ", "headingPath": "Q♠ J♣ J♠ 10♣ A♠", "sharpsignalDocId": 223}, {"page": 33, "score": 0.029469, "snippet": "three of a kind four of a kind straights of three or more cards, in any sequence a cumulative count of 15 the last card before player calls 'go' (i.e., cannot play a card that would not make the count exceed 31) a cumulative count of 31 the final card played, not making a cumulative count of 31 A pl", "headingPath": "7.2. Scoring · 7.3. Renege", "sharpsignalDocId": 151}]
- citations (raw)
- [{"page": 5, "quote": null, "headingPath": "A♣ A♢ 2♣ 3♡ 3♣", "sharpsignalDocId": 223}, {"page": 6, "quote": null, "headingPath": "K♠ J♡ 5♠", "sharpsignalDocId": 223}, {"page": 7, "quote": null, "headingPath": "K♠ J♡ 5♠", "sharpsignalDocId": 223}, {"page": 6, "quote": null, "headingPath": "K♠ J♡ 5♠", "sharpsignalDocId": 223}]
- boost provenance — errata + base rulebook (E2/E3)
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no registered errata card matched this query; base rulebook doc 151 boosted; rulesage.errata.boost-enabled=true, rulesage.errata.supersedence-enabled=true
base rulebook doc 151 boosted
- answered-before recall
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this ruling was answered, so past rulings were not offered
similarity threshold in force: 0.55 (rulesage.answered-before.similarity-threshold; the exact-question tier is not gated by it)
- debug row retained until
- Nov 2, 2026 20:23
retrieval — what the search arm returned
score = the fused retrieval score (reciprocal-rank fusion over the search arms) — NOT a cosine similarity. This ruling ran the THREE-ARM fuse (full-text + vector + the doc-priority boost arm, which carried the base rulebook and/or the errata corrections this query matched), whose arithmetic ceiling is 0.04918 — all three arms ranking the same chunk #1 (ceiling = arms/(k+1) at k=60). The measured healthy band 0.016–0.033 was measured on TWO-arm asks and does not bound this one: its high end is the two-arm ceiling, and a third arm has room above it. A chunk only one arm ranked highly lands near 0.016 (that one arm's #1 vote), so 0.03 here is an excellent hit, not a 3% match.
per-arm ranks (the rank each search arm gave a chunk): NOT DISCLOSED by the gateway. Fusion happens gateway-side and only the FUSED score crosses the wire, so rulesage cannot show them without a gateway change. The rank column below is the FUSED rank (position in the returned list), which is real.
token count per chunk: NOT DISCLOSED — chunk token counts are not reported on the ask path. The character counts below are of the bounded snippet/quote rulesage actually received — a real measurement of what we hold, never an estimate of the chunk.
| fused rank | document | heading | page | fused RRF score | snippet chars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 151) | Method | p.55 | 0.032266 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
| #2 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 223) | Q♠ J♣ J♠ 10♣ A♠ | p.13 | 0.031281 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
| #3 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 151) | 8.1. Recording Score on Board · 8.2. Zero Hand or Crib · 8.3. Pegging Incorrectly to the Player's Disadvantage · 8.4. Pegging Incorrectly to the Player's Advantage | p.36 | 0.031054 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
| #4 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 151) | Method | p.56 | 0.030579 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
| #5 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 151) | 1.7. Scoring Chart | p.16 | 0.030118 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
| #6 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 223) | K♠ J♡ 5♠ | p.9 | 0.029762 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
| #7 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 223) | Q♠ J♣ J♠ 10♣ A♠ | p.11 | 0.02967 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
| #8 | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 151) | 7.2. Scoring · 7.3. Renege | p.33 | 0.029469 (healthy, below this ruling's 3-arm ceiling 0.04918 (the measured band 0.016–0.033 was taken on two-arm asks and does not bound a 3-arm one)) | 300 |
chosen chunks — what the answer actually cited
token count per chunk: NOT DISCLOSED — chunk token counts are not reported on the ask path. The character counts below are of the bounded snippet/quote rulesage actually received — a real measurement of what we hold, never an estimate of the chunk.
| # | document | heading | page | quote chars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 223) | A♣ A♢ 2♣ 3♡ 3♣ | p.5 | no quote on the wire |
| [2] | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 223) | K♠ J♡ 5♠ | p.6 | no quote on the wire |
| [3] | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 223) | K♠ J♡ 5♠ | p.7 | no quote on the wire |
| [4] | RULEBOOK Cribbage — Rulebook (corpus doc 223) | K♠ J♡ 5♠ | p.6 | no quote on the wire |
generation — timing and the path taken
- timing split
- retrieval 239 ms · first delta 9832 ms · total 13030 ms (retrieval and first-delta both measured from the START of gateway work, so first-delta INCLUDES retrieval — do not subtract)
- full breakdown
- queued 0 ms · retrieval 239 ms · ask 12780 ms · gateway work 13030 ms · total 13030 ms
- tokens in (the prompt the answerer read)
- 4210
- tokens out (what the answerer generated)
- 426
- tok/sec
- 135.2 tok/sec — 426 output tokens in 3.151 s of generation
- live seat (read from the running child)
- answering — gemma4:26b think:false · num_ctx 32768 (live-verified 47s ago)
- stream path
- streamed — the gateway pushed at least one accumulated draft
- watchdog
- first-token watchdog: 30s per arming window (rulesage.table.first-token-watchdog-seconds), re-armed once by the passages frame — so the worst case before a reader falls back to polling is 60s. Whether it actually fired is a BROWSER-side decision that never reaches the server, so it is not recorded here. The stream path above is the server's half of that story: whether a delta was emitted at all.
- num_ctx · think posture
- both are the CHILD's settings, not rulesage's, and no ask reply carries them — an answer never states which context window or think posture produced it. The live-seat line above reads them from the running child instead, where the gateway can answer for itself; it describes the child NOW, not this ask.
disposition
- outcome
- ANSWERED — Answered
- abstain rationale (n/a — this ruling answered)
- answered — no abstain rationale applies
setup-shape — why the checklist band did or didn't render
- decision
- NOT_SETUP_SHAPED — no setup-shape pattern matched this question
errata registry — what the gate above had to match against
this game registers NO errata cards (edition 73), so "no registered errata card matched" above could never have matched one
Errata scope: the gate above matched this ruling's own edition only. When an ask also reads an expansion, that expansion's own registered errata cards stay outside the match — a stated phase-1 limitation, not a failed lookup.