All Fives and Muggins
📋 What it is
In All Fives (Muggins) you score when the open-end total is a MULTIPLE of 5 — you earn that total in points.
🗣️ Coach says
This is where multiplication tables pay off. After each play, add the open ends; if the total is a multiple of 5 (5, 10, 15, 20…), you score exactly that many points. In "Muggins", if you MISS your own score and shout "Muggins!", an opponent can steal it — so spotting multiples of 5 instantly matters.
🧠 Memory hook
Open-end total is a multiple of 5 → score that total. Miss it and someone yells "Muggins" to steal it.
😂 Giggle
Why did the double get to sit sideways?
It's the one tile that likes to branch out!
😲 Whoa!
The name "Muggins" is a friendly insult for the player who forgot to claim their own points — a built-in reward for fast mental math.
✅ Quick check: The open ends add to 15. Do you score, and how much?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Yes — 15 is a multiple of 5, so you score 15 points.
All Fives scores the open-end total whenever it is divisible by 5.
🪄 Trick question: The open ends add to 12. You score 12 points, right?
Careful — think it through, then reveal.
No — 12 is not a multiple of 5, so you score nothing that turn.
All Fives only scores totals divisible by 5.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Deal a layout, add the open ends, and decide: multiple of 5 or not? If yes, say the score before you check.