UNO · Rules and setup
Match color, number or symbol, call UNO with one card left, and empty your hand first to win. Physical multi-hand scoring normally races to 500; WANGO resolves the current hand.
UNO · 1971
2–10 players · Physical duration varies; WANGO uses four-player rounds
Classic 108; WANGO four seats, no stacking, single hand
Classic UNO: matching, action cards and challenges
Winning and ending the game
Match color, number or symbol, call UNO with one card left, and empty your hand first to win. Physical multi-hand scoring normally races to 500; WANGO resolves the current hand.
Setup
UNO · Basic Table Setup
Center of the table
- Deal seven cards each and start draw and discard piles.
- Check the active color, top number or symbol, and direction.
Each player
- Based on Mattel’s classic 108-card rules and the current WANGO implementation. Physical play supports 2–10 players; WANGO uses four seats, either one human plus three AI or 1–4 friends with AI filling vacancies. WANGO ends each hand without an automatic race to 500; no penalty stacking, seven swaps or zero rotation.
Classic 108; WANGO four seats, no stacking, single hand
Turn sequence
Each player gets 7 cards, the remaining cards form the draw pile, and one card is flipped to establish the discard pile. → Match color, number, or symbol; a wild card chooses a color, and +4 has additional usage restrictions. → After choosing to draw 1 card, you may only immediately play the card just drawn; if you do not play it, your turn ends. The recipient of a +4 may accept or challenge it. → Shout UNO in time when down to 1 card; the first to empty their hand wins.
Deal and inspect
Deal seven cards each and start draw and discard piles.
Check the active color, top number or symbol, and direction.
Play one legal card
Match color, number or symbol; wilds choose color, and Wild Draw Four has a restriction.
Play one card, resolve its effect, then pass the turn.
Draw or challenge
After drawing one, only that newly drawn card may be played immediately; otherwise pass. The recipient of a Wild Draw Four may accept or challenge.
Do not draw repeatedly or substitute another card from your hand.
Call UNO and go out
Call UNO when your play leaves one card; the first empty hand wins.
A missed call may cost two cards; the normal window is two seconds and slow local practice uses five.
A missed call may cost two cards; the normal window is two seconds and slow local practice uses five.
Scoring and settlement
Site strategies discuss tradeoffs in the shown position and do not promise any route always wins.
Ending and victory
Match color, number or symbol, call UNO with one card left, and empty your hand first to win. Physical multi-hand scoring normally races to 500; WANGO resolves the current hand.
What happens after a +4 challenge?
Only the recipient may challenge. If the offender had a matching color, the offender draws four; otherwise the challenger draws six. Accepting means drawing four and skipping. WANGO reveals evidence only to the challenger, not the entire table.
How do scoring and deck editions differ?
Classic 108: 25 in each color plus four Wild and four Wild Draw Four. Numbers score face value; Draw Two, Skip and Reverse score 20; wilds score 50. Extra cards from 112-card decks, UNO Flip and No Mercy are excluded. WANGO does not automatically run a 500-point match.
- Match color, number or symbol, call UNO with one card left, and empty your hand first to win. Physical multi-hand scoring normally races to 500; WANGO resolves the current hand.
Common rules and exceptions
Can Draw Two and Wild Draw Four stack?
No. Resolve the draw penalty and skipped turn; another penalty card cannot pass it on. This guide excludes stacking house rules.
May I play Wild Draw Four with a matching color?
Wild Draw Four is legal only if your hand had no card of the active color. A matching number in a different color does not prohibit it. WANGO permits a bluff that the recipient may challenge.
What happens after a +4 challenge?
Only the recipient may challenge. If the offender had a matching color, the offender draws four; otherwise the challenger draws six. Accepting means drawing four and skipping. WANGO reveals evidence only to the challenger, not the entire table.
May I draw despite having a playable card?
You may draw one voluntarily, then play only that newly drawn card or pass. Forced draws resolve their card effects instead.
When is a missed UNO call penalized?
Call UNO with one card left. Physical rules allow catching a missed call before the next player begins. WANGO uses two seconds normally and five in slow local practice; friend rooms use normal timing. Follow the displayed timer; fixed seconds are not a physical rule.
How do scoring and deck editions differ?
Classic 108: 25 in each color plus four Wild and four Wild Draw Four. Numbers score face value; Draw Two, Skip and Reverse score 20; wilds score 50. Extra cards from 112-card decks, UNO Flip and No Mercy are excluded. WANGO does not automatically run a 500-point match.
How do Skip, Reverse, Draw Two and Wild work?
Skip skips the next player. Reverse changes direction. Draw Two makes the next player draw two and lose their turn. A normal Wild chooses the next color without a draw penalty. In physical two-player play Reverse acts as Skip; WANGO uses four seats and reverses direction.
Follow a real sequence
The top card is red seven; you hold blue seven and red Skip.
Match
The top card is red seven; you hold blue seven and red Skip.
Either is playable, but only one may be played.
Color and number are separate matches.
Draw voluntarily
You draw a green three while the active color remains red.
You cannot switch back to the old blue seven; pass.
Only the newly drawn card may be played immediately.
Spot an illegal +4
An opponent plays +4 while holding a red card and red is active; you challenge.
The challenge succeeds; the offender draws four.
Check the active color before the play.
Remember for your first game
- Based on Mattel’s classic 108-card rules and the current WANGO implementation. Physical play supports 2–10 players; WANGO uses four seats, either one human plus three AI or 1–4 friends with AI filling vacancies. WANGO ends each hand without an automatic race to 500; no penalty stacking, seven swaps or zero rotation.
- Deal seven cards each and start draw and discard piles.
- No. Resolve the draw penalty and skipped turn; another penalty card cannot pass it on. This guide excludes stacking house rules.
Based on Mattel’s classic 108-card rules and the current WANGO implementation. Physical play supports 2–10 players; WANGO uses four seats, either one human plus three AI or 1–4 friends with AI filling vacancies. WANGO ends each hand without an automatic race to 500; no penalty stacking, seven swaps or zero rotation.
Getting started: questions and answers
Who is UNO for?
Hand sizes are public; color preferences remain uncertain.
What should first-time UNO players remember?
Classic 108 cards; WANGO four seats, no stacking, single game; the player count and duration on this page are shown according to this site's trial-play mode.