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Wikipedia April 21, 2026 at 05:50 PM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrom

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Claim
In accordance with the ICF rules, pocketing the queen adds 3 points to the player's total score.
Correction

Under ICF rules, pocketing the queen does not automatically add 3 points. The queen’s 3 points are credited only if the player wins the board, and only up to a score of 21.

Full reasoning

This sentence misstates how scoring works in the International Carrom Federation laws.

The ICF-adopted Laws of Carrom say:

  • Rule 52: the queen is worth 3 points up to and including 21 points.
  • Rule 53: a player is credited with the queen’s value only if he wins the board.
  • Rule 54: once a player has reached 22 points, they no longer get the extra 3 queen points.

So the queen is not an automatic 3-point award at the moment it is pocketed. A player must legally cover it and win the board to receive those points.

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  • Laws of Carrom - CARROM

    Rule 52: Queen: 3 points up to and including 21 points... Rule 53: The player is entitled to be credited with the value of the Queen, only if he wins the board... Rule 54: The player loses the advantage of getting the credit of an additional 3 points for covering the Queen, once he has reached the score of 22 points.

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Claim
It is similar to Carrom played in South Asia, but coins are used rather than rocks.
Correction

Standard South Asian carrom is not played with rocks. Official carrom rules define the pieces as wooden carrom men/discs, so this appears to be a mistaken word choice.

Full reasoning

This comparison is factually wrong because standard South Asian carrom does not use "rocks."

The official, ICF-adopted Laws of Carrom define the playing pieces as carrom men made of good quality wood. Modern descriptions also describe carrom as being played by flicking carrom discs into the corner pockets.

That means the phrase "coins are used rather than rocks" misdescribes the ordinary carrom pieces used in South Asia. The likely intended contrast was with discs/carrom men, not rocks.

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