Solitaire

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Solitaire (Klondike) — rules and how to play

Seven columns of mostly face-down cards, four suits to build from Ace to King, and a stock that turns one card at a time.

Objective

Move all 52 cards to the four foundation piles, building each foundation up by suit from Ace to King.

Setup

  • 7 tableau columns are dealt with 1–7 cards (left to right). Only the top card of each column starts face-up.
  • The remaining cards form the stock (face-down). The waste pile starts empty.

Piles (what each area is)

  • Stock: face-down draw pile (click to draw).
  • Waste: face-up pile of drawn cards (only the top card is playable).
  • Foundations: four suit piles (Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs) built up from Ace → King.
  • Tableau: 7 columns where most play happens; cards build down in alternating colors.

Allowed moves

  • Tableau builds: place a card onto a tableau column if it is one rank lower and the opposite color (example: 8♥ on 9♣). Empty tableau columns accept Kings only.
  • Move stacks: you can move a face-up sequence of cards between tableau columns only if that whole sequence is a valid descending, alternating-color run.
  • Foundations: place a card onto a foundation if it is the same suit and one rank higher (Ace starts an empty foundation).
  • From waste: the top waste card can be moved to a foundation or to a tableau column if legal.
  • From foundations: you can move the top card of a foundation back to a tableau column if legal.
  • Flip: when a tableau column’s top card is face-down, you can flip it face-up (and after moving cards away, the new top card auto-flips when needed).

Stock / redeal (Draw 1)

  • Click Stock to draw 1 card to Waste (it becomes face-up).
  • When Stock is empty, clicking it recycles the entire Waste back into Stock (reversed and face-down). This can be done any number of times.

Playing your cards

  • Drag and drop: drag a card (or valid stack) to a tableau column or foundation to make a move.
  • Double-click / double-tap: attempts an automatic move for the selected top card (to a foundation if possible; otherwise to a legal tableau move).
  • Undo and redo: both sit in the HUD, and neither is limited — you can walk a game all the way back.
  • Keyboard: H asks for a hint, U undoes and R redoes, with no modifier key. Cmd/Ctrl+Z and Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z (or Ctrl+Y on Windows) work too.
  • Hint: suggests a legal move when one exists.
  • Auto-finish: once the stock and waste are empty and every tableau card is face-up, the outcome is settled — one click sends the rest to the foundations.

Saving and sharing

  • Your progress auto-saves locally in the browser and restores if you refresh or reopen the tab.
  • Use Share to copy a short link that recreates the same starting deal (seed-based).

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Sources and further reading

These references informed the rules on this page.