What is a good dominoes score?
Because every dominoes variant scores differently, 'good' is a moving target - but each game has its landmark numbers, and the boards here show you exactly where you stand.
The landmark plays
In All Fives, opening with the 5-5 for ten is the classic strong start, 15s appear once the spinner's arms open, and 20 is the ceiling for a single play in a double-six game - rare enough to feel like a small jackpot. In Fives and Threes the crown is the 8, scored on ends totalling fifteen: three fives and five threes at once.
Good over a whole match
Match-level benchmarks matter more than single plays. Winning an All Fives race to 100 while holding your opponent under 50 is a decisive scoreline; in Fives and Threes, arriving at 61 with your opponent still in the 40s is similar. Consistency is the real signal - steady fives and tens from deliberate counting beat occasional fireworks.
Measure yourself on the boards
Raw numbers only mean so much when every shuffle is different - which is exactly what the daily challenge fixes by giving everyone the identical deal and ranking the top 20. The leaderboard tracks the long game. Between them, 'good' stops being a guess and becomes a number with your name next to it.
Related questions
How do you score in All Fives?
You score during play whenever the open ends of the layout add up to a multiple of five - ends of 3 and 2 score 5, a 6-6 double plus a 3 scores 15. When a hand ends, the winner also adds the opponent's leftover pips, rounded to the nearest five. First to the match target wins.
What is Fives and Threes?
Fives and Threes is the great British pub dominoes game. You score whenever the two open ends total a multiple of five or three - one point per five and per three, so a total of 15 scores the maximum eight. Games race to 61, traditionally pegged on a cribbage board.
What is the Daily Challenge?
The daily challenge is one shared shuffle per game per day: every player in the world gets the identical deal, generated from the date. Beat it and your result lands on that day's top-20 board. The deal resets at midnight UTC, which is what makes showing up every day worth it.