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Spades scoring

How Spades is scored. The chart shows the common scoring, the calculator the result of one hand for a team.

Open the Spades score sheet

Scoring per hand

ResultPoints
Bid made10 per trick bid
Each overtrick (bag)1
10 bags collected−100
Bid set−10 per trick bid
Nil made+100
Nil failed−100
Blind nil±200

Target

Games usually go to 500. Some tables play to 300 or end at −200.

FAQ

What are bags?

Tricks above the bid. Each is worth a point, but ten bags cost 100 points.

Do the nil player's tricks count for the partner?

Not in the common rule. The score sheet can switch it on.

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