Every bridge hand has 13 cards, so once you know three of your suit lengths the
fourth is already decided. With practice you should see it at once.
Each card below shows three lengths and a blank. Name the missing number before
you flip. These are the ten most common shapes, with the blank moved around all
four suits.
cards · work out your answer first, then tap a card to check it.
Your answer
♠?♥4♦2♣4
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 spades - the shape is 4-4-3-2
Why
4 + 2 + 4 = 10, so the missing ♠ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-4-3-2, the most common shape of all - about one hand in five.
Your answer
♠3♥?♦3♣5
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
2 hearts - the shape is 5-3-3-2
Why
3 + 3 + 5 = 11, so the missing ♥ suit has 2. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-3-3-2, the most common shape with a five-card suit.
Your answer
♠?♥1♦3♣5
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
4 spades - the shape is 5-4-3-1
Why
1 + 3 + 5 = 9, so the missing ♠ suit has 4. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-3-1, a very common two-suiter.
Your answer
♠3♥?♦6♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
2 hearts - the shape is 6-3-2-2
Why
3 + 6 + 2 = 11, so the missing ♥ suit has 2. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-2-2, the most common shape with a six-card suit.
Your answer
♠?♥4♦2♣5
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
2 spades - the shape is 5-4-2-2
Why
4 + 2 + 5 = 11, so the missing ♠ suit has 2. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-2-2, a frequent 5-4 shape with no singleton.
Your answer
♠6♥?♦1♣3
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 hearts - the shape is 6-3-3-1
Why
6 + 1 + 3 = 10, so the missing ♥ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-3-1, a six-card suit with a singleton.
Your answer
♠?♥6♦4♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
1 spade - the shape is 6-4-2-1
Why
6 + 4 + 2 = 12, so the missing ♠ suit has 1. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-4-2-1, a common 6-4 two-suiter.
Your answer
♠3♥?♦4♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
4 hearts - the shape is 4-4-3-2
Why
3 + 4 + 2 = 9, so the missing ♥ suit has 4. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-4-3-2, the most common shape of all - about one hand in five.
Your answer
♠?♥2♦3♣5
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 spades - the shape is 5-3-3-2
Why
2 + 3 + 5 = 10, so the missing ♠ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-3-3-2, the most common shape with a five-card suit.
Your answer
♠1♥?♦4♣5
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 hearts - the shape is 5-4-3-1
Why
1 + 4 + 5 = 10, so the missing ♥ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-3-1, a very common two-suiter.
Your answer
♠?♥3♦2♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
6 spades - the shape is 6-3-2-2
Why
3 + 2 + 2 = 7, so the missing ♠ suit has 6. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-2-2, the most common shape with a six-card suit.
Your answer
♠2♥?♦2♣4
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
5 hearts - the shape is 5-4-2-2
Why
2 + 2 + 4 = 8, so the missing ♥ suit has 5. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-2-2, a frequent 5-4 shape with no singleton.
Your answer
♠?♥3♦3♣1
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
6 spades - the shape is 6-3-3-1
Why
3 + 3 + 1 = 7, so the missing ♠ suit has 6. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-3-1, a six-card suit with a singleton.
Your answer
♠2♥?♦4♣1
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
6 hearts - the shape is 6-4-2-1
Why
2 + 4 + 1 = 7, so the missing ♥ suit has 6. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-4-2-1, a common 6-4 two-suiter.
Your answer
♠5♥1♦?♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
5 diamonds - the shape is 5-5-2-1
Why
5 + 1 + 2 = 8, so the missing ♦ suit has 5. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-5-2-1, the most common two-suiter with two five-card suits.
Your answer
♠4♥3♦2♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
4 clubs - the shape is 4-4-3-2
Why
4 + 3 + 2 = 9, so the missing ♣ suit has 4. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-4-3-2, the most common shape of all - about one hand in five.
Your answer
♠3♥3♦?♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
5 diamonds - the shape is 5-3-3-2
Why
3 + 3 + 2 = 8, so the missing ♦ suit has 5. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-3-3-2, the most common shape with a five-card suit.
Your answer
♠5♥4♦1♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 clubs - the shape is 5-4-3-1
Why
5 + 4 + 1 = 10, so the missing ♣ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-3-1, a very common two-suiter.
Your answer
♠3♥2♦?♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
6 diamonds - the shape is 6-3-2-2
Why
3 + 2 + 2 = 7, so the missing ♦ suit has 6. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-2-2, the most common shape with a six-card suit.
Your answer
♠5♥2♦2♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
4 clubs - the shape is 5-4-2-2
Why
5 + 2 + 2 = 9, so the missing ♣ suit has 4. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-2-2, a frequent 5-4 shape with no singleton.
Your answer
♠3♥6♦?♣3
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
1 diamond - the shape is 6-3-3-1
Why
3 + 6 + 3 = 12, so the missing ♦ suit has 1. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-3-1, a six-card suit with a singleton.
Your answer
♠1♥4♦2♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
6 clubs - the shape is 6-4-2-1
Why
1 + 4 + 2 = 7, so the missing ♣ suit has 6. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-4-2-1, a common 6-4 two-suiter.
Your answer
♠1♥?♦5♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
5 hearts - the shape is 5-5-2-1
Why
1 + 5 + 2 = 8, so the missing ♥ suit has 5. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-5-2-1, the most common two-suiter with two five-card suits.
Your answer
♠?♥3♦4♣3
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 spades - the shape is 4-3-3-3
Why
3 + 4 + 3 = 10, so the missing ♠ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-3-3-3, the flattest hand - completely balanced.
Your answer
♠1♥4♦?♣4
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
4 diamonds - the shape is 4-4-4-1
Why
1 + 4 + 4 = 9, so the missing ♦ suit has 4. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-4-4-1, the three-suiter.
Your answer
♠5♥3♦2♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 clubs - the shape is 5-3-3-2
Why
5 + 3 + 2 = 10, so the missing ♣ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-3-3-2, the most common shape with a five-card suit.
Your answer
♠4♥4♦?♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 diamonds - the shape is 4-4-3-2
Why
4 + 4 + 2 = 10, so the missing ♦ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-4-3-2, the most common shape of all - about one hand in five.
Your answer
♠6♥2♦2♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 clubs - the shape is 6-3-2-2
Why
6 + 2 + 2 = 10, so the missing ♣ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-2-2, the most common shape with a six-card suit.
Your answer
♠4♥3♦?♣5
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
1 diamond - the shape is 5-4-3-1
Why
4 + 3 + 5 = 12, so the missing ♦ suit has 1. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-3-1, a very common two-suiter.
Your answer
♠3♥6♦1♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 clubs - the shape is 6-3-3-1
Why
3 + 6 + 1 = 10, so the missing ♣ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-3-3-1, a six-card suit with a singleton.
Your answer
♠5♥2♦?♣4
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
2 diamonds - the shape is 5-4-2-2
Why
5 + 2 + 4 = 11, so the missing ♦ suit has 2. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-4-2-2, a frequent 5-4 shape with no singleton.
Your answer
♠5♥5♦1♣?
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
2 clubs - the shape is 5-5-2-1
Why
5 + 5 + 1 = 11, so the missing ♣ suit has 2. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 5-5-2-1, the most common two-suiter with two five-card suits.
Your answer
♠1♥6♦?♣2
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
4 diamonds - the shape is 6-4-2-1
Why
1 + 6 + 2 = 9, so the missing ♦ suit has 4. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 6-4-2-1, a common 6-4 two-suiter.
Your answer
♠3♥?♦4♣3
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
3 hearts - the shape is 4-3-3-3
Why
3 + 4 + 3 = 10, so the missing ♥ suit has 3. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-3-3-3, the flattest hand - completely balanced.
Your answer
♠?♥4♦1♣4
How many cards are in the missing suit?
The answer
4 spades - the shape is 4-4-4-1
Why
4 + 1 + 4 = 9, so the missing ♠ suit has 4. Sorted from longest to shortest that is 4-4-4-1, the three-suiter.
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