Rules of snooker
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Free ball; Miss (snooker rule); The game of snooker; Miss (snooker); Foul and a miss; Snooker miss; Snooker rules
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each (sometimes played with fewer red balls, commonly 6 or 10), and six balls of different : yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6), black (7).