Flip 7 Glossary

Every term in Flip 7, explained in plain English.

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New to Flip 7 or just want a quick refresher on a word you saw at the table? Here is every term the game uses, in one place.

Hit

To draw another card from the deck on your turn. Each hit adds a card to your row and can raise your score — or bust you if it's a duplicate number.

Stay

To stop drawing and bank your current round score. Once you stay, you take no more cards that round and your points are safe.

Bust

Drawing a number card that matches a number already in your row. You lose every point from that round — unless you hold a Second Chance, which cancels the bust.

Row

The face-up cards in front of you during a round. Your row shows your unique numbers, any modifiers, and determines your risk of busting.

Flip 7

Collecting seven unique number cards in a single round. It grants a +15 bonus, added after any multiplier, and is the game's namesake achievement.

Number card

A card valued 0 to 12. Its number is both its point value and how many copies exist in the deck (one 0, one 1, up to twelve 12s). See the Card Guide.

Freeze

An action card that forces a target opponent to immediately bank their score and leave the round. You can never freeze yourself — it's used to shut down an opponent, especially the leader.

Flip Three

An action card that forces a target player to draw three cards in a row, one at a time. Most dangerous when aimed at a player with a crowded row.

Second Chance

An action card kept in front of you as insurance. It cancels one bust from a duplicate draw — the shield and the duplicate are discarded and you survive in the round (that turn ends). Second Chances stack, so you can hold more than one, each absorbing a separate bust.

Modifier

A scoring card: the flat bonuses +2, +4, +6, +8, +10, and the ×2 multiplier. Modifiers don't count toward the seven-unique-numbers Flip 7 target.

Multiplier (×2)

The single ×2 card. It doubles your number total plus flat bonuses. The Flip 7 +15 is added after the multiplier and is not doubled.

Bank

To lock in the points you've accumulated this round, either by staying or by being frozen. Banked points are added to your game total.

Round

One cycle of dealing and drawing. A round ends when every active player has either stayed or busted; a full game spans many rounds.

Active player

A player still in the current round — one who has neither stayed nor busted. Action cards can only target active players.

Tiebreaker

An extra round played when two or more players are tied at the top after someone crosses 200 points, played until one has a clear lead.

Press your luck

The genre Flip 7 belongs to: games built on the choice to keep going for more reward or stop and keep what you have. Also called "push your luck."