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How many points are the coloured balls worth in snooker?
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Billiard balls on a table.
In snooker, a popular game within the billiards group, the coloured balls are assigned the following point values:
- Yellow: 2 points1
- Green: 3 points1
- Brown: 4 points1
- Blue: 5 points1
- Pink: 6 points1
- Black: 7 points1
Players aim to pocket these balls in numerical order after all 15 red balls (valued at 1 point each) have been cleared from the table.1