Solitaire
Solitaire
Classic card patience on green felt: Klondike with draw one or draw three, FreeCell, and a fresh daily deal every day.
Cards · 1 player
How to play
Build the columns from king down to ace in alternating colors and move all four suits to the foundations. Every regular deal is picked to be winnable, and when you get stuck, unlimited undo and hints have your back. Once every card is face up, Auto finishes the hand for you and the cards bounce across the table to celebrate. Winning unlocks new table colors and card backs, and the daily deal lets you play the same hand as everyone else.
- 1Stack cards in the columns one rank lower and in the opposite color: a black 6 goes on a red 7.
- 2Move each suit from ace to king onto the foundations at the top right; fill all four to win.
- 3In Klondike only a king can go into an empty column, and you draw from the stock when stuck. In FreeCell you can park one card in each of the four free cells.
- 4Drag a card, or tap it once and it goes to the best spot by itself. Undo and hints are unlimited.
Keyboard
Arrow keys move the cursor (Up in a column selects more cards), Space or Enter picks up and drops (dropping in the same place sends it to the best spot). Z undo, F hint, Q draw, E auto finish, N new deal, G appearance. On a gamepad: A pick/drop, Y undo, X hint, LT draw, RT auto.
Touch screen
Drag a card with your finger and drop it, or tap it once to send it to the best spot. Tap the stock to draw. Use the buttons on the right to undo, get a hint or auto finish.
Controller
On a controller the d-pad or left stick moves the cursor between cards, A picks up and drops, Y undoes, and X shows a hint. LT draws from the stock, and RT finishes the hand automatically once every card is face up.
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About Solitaire
Solitaire brings three classic patience games onto one green table: Klondike with a single-card draw, the tougher three-card Klondike, and FreeCell, where every card is dealt face up from the start. Klondike leans on patience and a little luck, since you never know what is hiding under the face-down cards. FreeCell is almost pure reasoning: nothing is hidden, so when a game slips away it is usually because of the order you chose.
An important detail here is that regular deals are picked from seeds a solver has already finished. The hand in front of you can genuinely be won, so getting stuck means a missed move rather than a bad shuffle. That turns undo into a learning tool instead of a cheat. The daily deal is identical for everyone, which makes it easy to compare with a friend who finished the same cards in fewer moves.
It suits a five-minute break just as well as a slow, careful session. Klondike scoring follows the traditional table: moving a card from the waste to a column earns 5 points, sending one to a foundation earns 10, turning over a hidden card earns 5, and pulling a card back down from a foundation costs 15. New felt colours and card backs unlock as you keep winning, a small visual reward for regular players.
Strategy and tips
- In Klondike, uncovering face-down cards comes first; moving cards off the column with the biggest hidden stack is nearly always worth more than drawing from the stock.
- When a column empties, do not rush the first king into it. Waiting for the king that already has a queen and jack of alternating colour ready to follow often saves the whole hand.
- Aces and twos can go up to the foundations immediately, but hold back the threes and fours a little; you may still need them to build alternating chains in the tableau.
- With one-card draw, every recycle of the stock costs 100 points; with three-card draw the first three passes are free and later ones cost 20. Exhaust every move on the table before flipping the stock again.
- The four free cells in FreeCell are really your move budget. Filling them all at once leaves you unable to shift long runs, so try to keep at least one cell open.
- Before your first move in FreeCell, look at where the aces are buried. Planning the steps needed to dig out the deepest ace usually sets the order for everything after it.
- Hints are useful for learning, not only for escaping a dead end: before accepting a suggestion, work out why it was offered, and you will spot the same opening yourself next time.
Frequently asked questions
- Is every deal really winnable?
- Regular deals come from seeds the solver was able to finish, so a solution exists within the rules. If you cannot find it, undo and try a different order.
- How do Klondike and FreeCell differ?
- Klondike starts with most cards face down, you draw from a stock, and only a king can fill an empty column. FreeCell deals everything face up, has no stock, and gives you four free cells for parking single cards.
- Are my progress and chosen look saved?
- Yes. Felt colour, card back and progress are kept in your browser's local storage. Private windows or clearing site data will erase them.
- Does it work well on a phone?
- You can drag a card with your finger or tap it once to send it to the best spot. Touch targets are generous, so portrait play is comfortable too.
