Yahtzee Rules and Scoring

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Instructions for Yahtzee

This page allows one to play the game Yahtzee in which five dice are rolled. Similar to draw poker, one can select any or all dice to reroll within a particular round. Two rerolls are allowed per round. A round must be scored in one of several scoring categories, such as 5's (in which one's score is the sum of the 5's showing) or full house (in which one's score is 25 if one has three of one die value and two of another and one's score is 0 if this condition is not met).

Tom Blum - Creator of this Yahtzee game

Yahtzee Rules and Scoring

  • This is a single player Yahtzee game.
  • The game consists of thirteen rounds.
  • Each round begins with the rolling of five dice. This is done by clicking the Roll Dice button to start the first round and the Next Round button for all subsequent rounds.
  • The player is allowed two more rolls within the round. The player can choose certain dice to hold their values during a re-roll. This is done by clicking on the checkboxes underneath and then click the Roll Dice button.
  • Each round must be scored in one and only one of the following categories.

1. Ones: Sum of the ones displayed at time the score is entered.
Die with one pip Die with one pip Die with one pip Die with one pip Die with four pips would receive a score of 4.

2. Twos: Sum of the twos displayed at time the score is entered.
Die with two pips Die with two pips Die with six pips Die with three pips Die with two pips would receive a score of 6.

3. Threes: Sum of the threes displayed at time the score is entered.
Die with three pips Die with six pips Die with two pips Die with two pips Die with two pips would receive a score of 3.

4. Fours: Sum of the fours displayed at time the score is entered.
Die with two pips Die with one pip Die with two pips Die with four pips Die with four pips would receive a score of 8.

5. Fives: Sum of the fives displayed at time the score is entered.
Die with one pip Die with five pips Die with six pips Die with five pips Die with one pip would receive a score of 10.

6. Sixes: Sum of the sixes displayed at time the score is entered.
Die with one pip Die with three pips Die with six pips Die with six pips Die with five pips would receive a score of 12.

7. Three of a kind: Sum of all of the dice provided three of them are the same; zero otherwise.
Die with six pips Die with six pips Die with five pips Die with six pips Die with four pips would receive a score of 27.

8. Four of a kind: Sum of all of the dice provided four of them are the same; zero otherwise.
Die with five pips Die with five pips Die with five pips Die with five pips Die with one pip would receive a score of 21.

9. Full house: 25 points provided that one has three-of-a-kind and the other two dice are a pair (are the same).
Die with five pips Die with six pips Die with six pips Die with five pips Die with six pips would receive a score of 25.

10. Small straight: 30 points provided four of the dice have consecutive values; zero otherwise.
Die with four pips Die with three pips Die with six pips Die with four pips Die with five pips would receive a score of 30.

11. Large straight: 40 points provided all five dice have consecutive values; zero otherwise.
Die with four pips Die with three pips Die with six pips Die with five pips Die with two pips would receive a score of 40.

12. Yahtzee: 50 points provided all five dice have the same value; zero otherwise.
Die with three pips Die with three pips Die with three pips Die with three pips Die with three pips would receive a score of 50.

13. Chance: Sum of all of the dice.
Die with five pips Die with six pips Die with four pips Die with six pips Die with four pips would receive a score of 25.

  • This is done by clicking on a radio button for the category and then clicking the Enter Score button or by double clicking the scoring category label.
  • If the criterion for the chosen category is not met, a score of zero is recorded for that category.
  • Once a category is selected, it cannot be selected again within the game.