Farkle FAQ

Farkle is a push-your-luck dice game played with six dice. On your turn you roll, set aside scoring dice (1s, 5s, three or more of a kind, a straight, three pairs, or two triplets), and then decide whether to bank your turn points or roll the remaining dice for more. Roll nothing that scores and you "farkle," losing every point from that turn. The first player to reach 10,000 points wins.

Yes. playfarkle.app is completely free and runs entirely in your browser. There is nothing to buy, download, or install, and there are no interruptive video ads, premium tiers, or paywalls. Open the page, press Play, and start rolling.

No. The game is the website — a 100% browser-based build with no app store download and no sign-up. Your stats are saved locally in your browser, so there is no login to manage.

The game is spelled Farkle. People also search for it as "frakle," "farklw," or "farkel" — all typos or variants for the same dice game, which is also known as Zilch, Ten Thousand, and Dix Mille. If you landed here from one of those searches, you are in the right place.

Farkle belongs to a family of dice games played for centuries under names such as Ten Thousand, Zilch, Dix Mille, and Greed. The name "Farkle" was popularised in North America during the twentieth century, and commercial editions and online versions have made it a staple of casual play ever since.

Yes — house rules vary a lot. Common differences are the opening threshold (300, 500, or 1,000), whether three farkles in a row costs 1,000 points, and how four, five, or six of a kind score. This version uses a 500 opening threshold, doubling for each extra matching die, and no penalty for consecutive farkles.

Roll all six dice and set aside at least one scoring die. Then either bank your turn points or roll the remaining dice again. If a roll has no scoring dice you Farkle and score nothing that turn. If all six dice have scored you get hot dice and roll all six again. Bank 10,000 points to trigger the final round, where your opponent gets one last turn to beat you.

Any single 1 (100 points) or 5 (50 points); three of a kind (three 1s = 1,000, otherwise 100 × the number); four, five, or six of a kind, which double the three-of-a-kind value for each extra die; a 1-2-3-4-5-6 straight (1,500); three pairs (1,500); and two triplets (2,500). Dice that are not part of one of those combinations do not score and cannot be set aside.

A Farkle happens when a roll contains no scoring dice at all: no 1, no 5, no three of a kind, and no straight or three pairs. You lose every point you had built up that turn and the dice pass to your opponent. Points you already banked are never at risk.

If every one of your six dice has been set aside as scoring dice — in a single roll or across several — you have hot dice. All six dice come back and you keep rolling with your turn points intact. You can also choose to bank instead. Because a fresh six-dice roll busts only about 2% of the time, hot dice are usually worth rolling.

Until you have banked once, your first bank must be at least 500 points from a single turn. It is a common house rule that stops a player from banking a lone 50 and forces some risk-taking early. Once you are on the board, any bank is allowed.

When one player banks to 10,000 points or more, the other player gets exactly one more turn to beat that total. The higher score wins. If the scores are exactly equal the game is a tie.

Tap or click a die to select it, then use the Roll again or Bank buttons. On the keyboard, Space or R rolls, 1–6 select the dice from left to right, B banks, N starts a new game, and M toggles sound.

No. Every selected die must be part of a scoring combination, otherwise the Roll and Bank buttons stay disabled. For example, a 1 and a 3 cannot be set aside together, but a 1 by itself can.

No. Once dice are locked they are scored and finished. Two 4s from one roll and a 4 from the next roll do not make three 4s — three of a kind must be set aside from a single roll.

Each die beyond the third doubles the three-of-a-kind value. Four 3s are worth 600, five 3s 1,200, and six 3s 2,400. For 1s the base is 1,000, so four 1s are 2,000, five 1s are 4,000, and six 1s are 8,000.

A useful rule of thumb: with five or six dice, always roll. With four dice, roll unless you hold 1,000 or more. With three dice, bank around 400; with two dice, bank around 300; with one die, bank almost anything. The chance of a Farkle is roughly 2% with six dice, 8% with five, 16% with four, 28% with three, 44% with two, and 67% with one.

The computer keeps the scoring dice that give the best mix of points and remaining dice, always rolls hot dice, and banks once its turn total clears a threshold that drops as it has fewer dice left. In the final round it keeps rolling until it beats your score. It is a solid but beatable player, and it rolls real random dice — it does not cheat.

Yes. Every die is an independent random roll generated in your browser for both you and the computer. The computer gets no loaded dice and no peek at your rolls.

Roll aggressively with four or more dice, bank when you have a decent total and two or three dice left, never turn down hot dice, and adjust in the final round based on the score you need. Also, when a roll has a lone 1 or 5, keeping just one die to preserve more dice for the next roll is often stronger than locking every scorer.

The current streak counts consecutive wins. Losing or tying a game resets it to zero. Your longest streak is kept as a separate best.

Your games played and won, best score, biggest turn, win streaks, and farkle and hot-dice totals are saved locally in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server and there is no account. A different phone, a new browser profile, or cleared site data looks like a fresh start. A game in progress is not saved if you close the tab.

Yes. Six large dice, the Roll button, and the Bank button all fit on a single portrait screen. Tap dice to select them, tap Roll again or Bank, and start a new game instantly with no page reload.

The game needs a connection to load the page the first time. After that, some browsers may keep the tab playable without a network, but there is no dedicated offline app or installer.

Open the stats panel with the chart icon and use Reset progress, then confirm with the second tap. That clears games played, wins, best score, best turn, streaks, and farkle and hot-dice counts on this browser. It cannot be undone.

Any current browser with JavaScript: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari on desktop, plus their mobile versions. If the dice do not respond, update the browser, allow scripts for this site, and reload.