Dropping out can help reduce losses if a player has a bad hand or realizes they won't be able to make valid melds very quickly. This choice should be founded on a thosstaarough evaluation of one's own hand as well as the opponents' advancement. Players should think about how dropping out early would affect their score compared to playing with a weak hand. Dropping out at the end of a round with unmelded cards may result in fewer penalties than going out with unmelded cards in some Rummy variations.