Winning
The first player to reach 121 wins, the moment they get there: in the play, in the show, or with his heels ACC r.1.1. You do not need to land on 121 exactly.
Skunks
If the loser has not passed the skunk line, at 91, the winner skunks them: a win by 31 points or more ACC r.1.6. Tournaments count a skunk as a bigger win ACC r.12.1. Many players add a double skunk, when the loser stopped under 61. The ACC rules have no double skunk.
The board marks the skunk line. Players call hole 90, one short of it, the stink hole ACC r.1.6.
The app shows both on the result card, and your profile counts the skunks you won and lost. In the quick game, to 61, the skunk line is 31, and there is no double skunk.
The lurch
Older books use “lurch” for a loser left far behind, but they disagree on where: some put it at 61, some at the skunk line. Today most players say skunk.
Resigning
A game you resign scores as if your opponent had pegged out at that moment, as the ACC rules a conceded game. If you are under the skunk line when you resign, you are skunked.
Questions
- What is a skunk in cribbage?
- A win where the loser has not reached 91: a win by 31 points or more.
- What is a double skunk?
- A win where the loser has not reached 61. Many players count it; the ACC rules do not.