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Solitaire

Solitaire is the most-played card game in the world, and the table above is ready whenever you are: free, instant, no download and no sign-up. One standard 52-card deck, seven columns, four empty piles to fill, and one goal: build every suit from Ace to King.

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Learn Solitaire in 2 minutes: rules, setup and 5 tips

A quick video walkthrough of the Solitaire table, the goal, how to build, and five habits that raise your win rate. Continue below for draw modes, real win rates, and quick answers.

In this video

Choose your draw mode

Draw 1 turns one stock card at a time, making it the clearest place to learn. Draw 3 turns cards in groups of three and makes their order part of the puzzle.

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Need the complete setup and move rules? Read how to play Solitaire.

Real win rates

Computer studies with perfect information estimate that roughly 79–82% of Draw 1 deals are solvable. That is a theoretical ceiling, not the share of games people finish in ordinary play.

See the measured win rates

Quick answers

Is this one card or three card Solitaire?

The default game is one card Solitaire, also called Draw 1 or Turn 1. Use the draw selector above or open Draw 3 when you want three cards turned from the stock at a time.

What should I do when no moves are left?

Undo a move and try a different order, restart the same deal, or begin a new game. A hint can confirm whether a legal move is still available.

When does auto-complete appear?

Auto-complete appears when every tableau card is face up and the stock and waste are empty, so the remaining cards can safely move to the foundations.

All solitaire games

Classics

Solitaire You are here

the classic Solitaire game everyone knows, one card drawn at a time

Players win 31%

Solitaire Draw 2

two cards from the stock at a time, with only the top waste card available to play

Solitaire Draw 3

the three-card draw (3-card solitaire), on its own board with its own saved game

Players win 33%

Daily challenge

a new deal at midnight UTC, every one winnable — keep the streak going

Spider family

Spider Solitaire

two decks across ten columns: build full King-to-Ace runs in a single suit

Players win 60.1%

Spider Solitaire 2 Suits

the classic middle difficulty

Players win 17.6%

Spider Solitaire 4 Suits

the full expert game

Players win 20.6%

Scorpion Solitaire

build four suit runs King to Ace in place, one of the hardest solitaires there is

≥ 12.8% winnable

Scorpion with free empty columns: the same logic, more room to breathe

≥ 77.9% winnable

Quick games

the fastest game in solitaire, every deal verified winnable

TriPeaks Solitaire

chain up-or-down plays to fell three peaks

96.6% winnable

Pyramid Solitaire

pair cards that sum to 13 to clear the pyramid, every deal verified winnable

Open & skill

every card dealt face up, so almost every deal can be won with enough care

Players win 11.1%

Eight Off Solitaire

the game FreeCell came from: eight cells, strict in-suit builds, and almost every deal winnable by the patient

≥ 97.7% winnable

Yukon Solitaire

the whole deck dealt, no stock: move any face-up group, ordered or not

≈ 75% winnable

Russian Solitaire

Yukon with same-suit building, one of the hardest solitaires there is

≈ 7% winnable

Alaska Solitaire

suit sequences that build up or down, a rare two-directional puzzle

≈ 80% winnable

Hard challenges

Forty Thieves Solitaire

two decks, one pass through the stock, no second chances: the honest brute of the family

≥ 7.7% winnable

Crescent Solitaire

Aces build up, Kings build down, and the suits meet in the middle; three shuffles to save a stuck board

≥ 45% winnable

Canfield Solitaire

the 1890s casino game: $50 a deck, $5 per card banked, and a 13-card reserve between you and breaking even

≥ 33.1% winnable

Solitaire Win Rates

what players actually win at every game here, measured from real play, beside the solver ceilings

Solitaire guides

learn how to play solitaire step by step — the complete beginner guide: setup, every rule, and live practice boards that check your progress
solitaire strategy guide — practical opening priorities, stock timing, and mistake fixes for players who want to win more

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QUICK START

How to play solitaire

Deal. Build. Finish. These three pictures cover the complete game.

01

Deal from the stock

Turn over one card or three.

02

Build downward

Alternate red and black cards.

03

Fill four foundations

Complete every suit to win.

The goal of the game

Move all 52 cards to the four foundations in the top-right corner. Each suit has its own foundation, built in order from Ace up to King. Fill all four to win.

Move cards around the table

Click the stock (the face-down pile, top left) to turn over new cards. In Settings you can choose whether each draw turns 1 or 3 cards. Drag and drop — or double-click, or use 1-Tap Move — to send cards from the waste to one of the seven tableau columns or onto a foundation. Only the top waste card is playable, and cards never move back into the stock.

In the tableau, cards stack from high to low in alternating colors: a black 7 goes only on a red 8. You can move several cards at once if they form a valid run, and when a face-down card becomes the top of its column it flips face-up automatically. An empty column accepts only a King. Tableau cards and foundation cards can move both ways whenever the order allows it.

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