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Which player scores the crib in cribbage?
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cribbage
Modern 120-hole cribbage board.
In the card game of cribbage, the crib is scored by the dealer. After the nondealer and the dealer have counted their respective hands, the dealer counts the points in the crib, which includes the four cards discarded by the players plus the starter card.1