Solitaire Draw 3

Play Klondike Solitaire Draw 3 (Turn 3) online — no login or download. Three cards flip per draw, unlimited redeals. Undo, hints, and shareable deals built in.

Solitaire Draw 3 (Klondike Turn 3) — rules and how to play

The same Klondike layout, but the stock turns three cards at once and only the top one of the three can be played.

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 up to 3 cards at once).
  • Waste: face-up pile of drawn cards (only the top card is playable, even though up to 3 are visible).
  • 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: only the top waste card can be moved to a foundation or to a tableau column.
  • 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.

Stock / redeal (Draw 3)

  • Click Stock to draw up to 3 cards to Waste at once. Only the top waste card is playable.
  • 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.
  • Because three cards are drawn at once, useful cards are often buried under two unplayable ones — plan ahead before drawing.

Playing your cards

  • Drag and drop: drag a card (or valid stack) to a tableau column or foundation.
  • Double-click / double-tap: attempts an automatic move for the selected top card (to a foundation if possible; otherwise to the first legal tableau column).
  • 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.