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Okey online — rules, facts, and a live table
Okey is the Turkish four-player tile rummy. An indicator tile is flipped; the next rank in that color becomes the okey, a wild. Players draw and discard with 21 tiles (dealer 22) and win by showing seven three-tile melds.
Good to know
- Classic Okey uses the same 106-tile inventory as Rummikub.
- The indicator is drawn from the set. The okey is the next rank in that color (13 wraps to 1 of the next color in Tilehaus).
- Players hold 21 tiles; the dealer starts with 22 and discards first.
- A show is seven valid three-tile sets or runs, using okeys as wilds.
- Okey 101 is a related but different scoring game popular in digital Turkish apps; Tilehaus implements the show-seven-melds classic table.
What you are looking at
Okey is the Turkish four-player tile rummy. An indicator tile is flipped; the next rank in that color becomes the okey, a wild. Players draw and discard with 21 tiles (dealer 22) and win by showing seven three-tile melds.
Same chunky number tiles as Rummikub, on a red felt Turkish table, with one face-up indicator and a wild determined by the deal—not a printed joker art style.
Origin
Okey It is associated with Turkey. Dating: 20th-century Turkish table game derived from rummy / Rummikub-family tile sets.
Equipment
106 tiles in four colors, 1–13 twice, plus an indicator tile that designates the okey (joker)
Players: 2–4 (classic tables are 4). Typical duration: 20–40 minutes.
Questions
Is Okey the same as Rummikub?
They share the 106-tile set. Okey uses an indicator wild and a 21-tile show. Rummikub plays groups onto a shared table with a 30-point opening.