How to score dominoes

When a player plays their last tile, the hand is over. Everyone else turns their leftover tiles face up, and you add up every pip on them. The player who went out scores that total.

A blank half counts zero, so the 0-1 is worth just 1. The double-six is the heaviest tile in the set at 12 pips, which is why good players try to get rid of it early.

1. 1A player plays their last tile and calls “Domino!”
2. 2Everyone else turns their tiles face up.
3. 3Add up every pip in those hands.
4. 4Write the total next to the winner's name.
5. 5Deal the next hand. The first player or team to reach the target score wins the game.

Sometimes nobody can play, and the game is blocked (a tranque). Then everyone counts the pips in their own hand, and the lowest count wins the hand.

With four players in two teams, partners share one score. When either partner goes out, the team scores the pips in the two opponents' hands. Partner games are often played to 500.

All Fives scores during the hand too, and in Mexican Train points count against you. Each has its own guide below.