Score Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet-style score sheet for game night: type each round, totals and the standings work themselves out.
How to use
- Step 1Type the player names across the top of the sheet. “Add player” goes up to twelve columns; “Add round” adds rows as the evening goes on.
- Step 2Type each round straight into the grid. Tab moves along the round, Enter moves down the column and starts a new round at the bottom, and the ± button in a cell turns a score negative.
- Step 3Open Settings for the rules of your game — lowest score wins, a target like 500, or “that player is out”. Tap “Share live” and the table can follow the totals on their own phones or on the TV.
What a score sheet needs, game by game
Almost every card and board game is scored the same way on paper: one column per player, one row per hand or round, and a total at the bottom. What changes is the direction — in some games the smallest total wins — and the number that ends the game. Both are settings here, so the sheet adds up and ranks correctly without you thinking about it.
The totals below are the usual published rules; house rules differ and the sheet does not argue with them. Set the target to “No target” and simply play as many rounds as you like.
| Game | Who wins | Usual target | One row is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts | Lowest total | Game ends at 100 | One hand: 1 point per heart, 13 for the Queen of Spades, or −26 for shooting the moon |
| Spades | Highest total | 500 | One hand: 10 × the bid, +1 per bag, −10 × the bid if set, ±100 for nil |
| Rummy (500 Rum) | Highest total | 500 | One hand: melded card values minus the cards left in hand, so a row can be negative |
| Gin Rummy | Highest total | 100 | One hand: the difference in deadwood, plus 25 for gin or an undercut |
| Yahtzee-style dice | Highest total | No target — 13 boxes | One category; name the rows and add a row for the 35-point upper bonus |
| Scrabble | Highest total | No target — the tiles run out | One turn, or one player's running total per round |
| Phase 10 | Lowest total | Ends when someone finishes phase 10 | Cards left in hand: 5 for 1–9, 10 for 10–12, 15 for a Skip, 25 for a Wild |
| Uno | Highest total | 500 | Cards left in the other hands: face value, 20 per action card, 50 per wild |
What this sheet does for you
- Totals under every column, updated as you type, pinned to the bottom of the grid however far you scroll.
- A standing order with tied players sharing a rank — two players on 42 are both second, and the next one is fourth.
- “Lowest score wins” turns the ranking around for Hearts, golf-style card games and Phase 10.
- A target score that either ends the game when somebody reaches it, or knocks that player out and leaves the rest playing.
- Negative rounds, typed with the ± button or a minus sign, shown in red so a −26 is not mistaken for a 26.
- Named rows instead of numbers: Yahtzee categories, Phase 1 to 10, or “Uncle Bob's extra hand”.
- Undo for the last thirty changes, and a live link so nobody has to shout the score down the table.
Keeping a clean sheet
Empty cells count as nothing, not as zero. That is deliberate: a player who joins at round four has an honest total, and a house rule that drops everybody's worst hand is just a matter of clearing that cell — the column adds up again without it.
Ties are left as ties. The sheet never invents a tiebreak, because every game settles them differently: Phase 10 gives it to the lower score, Uno and Rummy usually play one more hand, and a friendly game of Hearts normally just calls it a draw. When two totals match, both players get the same rank and the sheet says “tied” under their names.
One person should hold the edit link. Everyone else gets the view link, which updates as the scorekeeper types but cannot change anything — the fastest way to end an argument about who wrote what.
Questions and answers
Can I enter negative scores?
Yes. Type a minus sign, or tap the ± button that appears in the cell you are editing — handy on a phone, where the number keypad has no minus key. Negative rounds are shown in red and are subtracted from the total, so shooting the moon in Hearts (−26) or a bad hand of Rummy works exactly as on paper.
How many players and rounds can I have?
Up to 12 players and 100 rounds on one sheet. On a phone the grid scrolls sideways with the round column fixed in place, so you always know which row you are typing in.
Can I use it as a Yahtzee sheet?
Yes, with one change: in Settings turn on “Name the rounds” and type the categories — Ones, Twos, Threes and so on — down the side, plus a row for the 35-point bonus that comes with an upper section of 63 or more. The sheet then totals the thirteen boxes per player, which is all a Yahtzee card really does.
Does everyone need an account to see the score?
No. Tap “Share live”, send the view link, and it opens in any browser. Nothing is installed and nobody signs up. Keep the edit link for yourself — it is the only key to the sheet and cannot be recovered if you lose it.
I want something to print and fill in with a pen.
Use the printable scorecard sheet instead: it makes a blank card for golf, bowling, card games or a round robin and sends it straight to the printer. This page is the live version, kept on a screen.