Who goes first?
From the publisher’s rulebook

Starting rule for UNO Flip!

Mattel English instruction sheet, item GDR44

UNO Flip! game box cover

Each player draws a card and reveals the Light Side; the player who draws the highest number is the dealer (any card with a symbol counts as zero). The dealer shuffles and deals each player 7 cards, then the person to the left of the dealer starts play.

Source & edition

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Rule details

This edition's rules do not include a special first-turn exception for an Action Card being turned up to start the discard pile beyond the game's normal Functions of Action Cards section; no Reverse-card-goes-first exception is stated.

If there’s a tie

The rulebook doesn’t say.

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