How are combinations totaling 15 scored when showing a cribbage hand?

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In the stage of the game known as the showing, every combination of two or more cards that totals 15 points scores two points for the player.1

When counting your hand, you include the four cards from your hand plus the starter card, which acts as a fifth card. Every possible different grouping of cards within this five-card set that sums to 15 is counted separately, and each grouping earns two points.1