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The classic card game, beautifully rebuilt for your browser. Deal in with one click: free, no download, no sign-up, on any device.

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Instant play Unlimited undo & hints Phone, tablet & desktop

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Ten solitaire variants, plus Hearts and Spades against the computer.

Klondike

The classic. Build four foundations from Ace to King, the solitaire everyone knows.

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Spider

Ten columns, 1, 2 or 4 suits. Build full King-to-Ace runs to clear the board.

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FreeCell

Every card face up, four free cells, almost every deal winnable. Pure strategy.

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Russian Solitaire

Yukon's demanding cousin: build down in the same suit. A real test of skill.

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Yukon

Move any face-up group, no stock pile. Everything is on the table from move one.

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Pyramid

Pair cards that add to thirteen and dismantle the pyramid row by row.

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TriPeaks

Clear three peaks one step up or down at a time. Fast, streaky and addictive.

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Golf

Play the tableau onto the waste, one rank up or down. Aim under par.

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Forty Thieves

Two decks, ten columns and no mercy. The connoisseur's challenge.

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Canfield

The old casino game. Beat the odds that were designed against you.

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Hearts

Play Hearts against three computer opponents. Duck the queen, or shoot the moon.

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Spades

Bid, cover your partner and make the contract. Two against two, against the computer.

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Why Solitaire-Online

Instant play

One click and the cards are dealt. No download, no account, no waiting.

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Fair deals

Honestly shuffled decks every game, with a restart button to replay the same deal.

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Smart hints

Stuck? The hint engine finds the move that opens up the board, including hidden cards.

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Plays anywhere

Phone, tablet or desktop: your game saves automatically and picks up where you left off.

How to Play Klondike Solitaire

The goal

Move all 52 cards onto the four foundations, one per suit, building up from Ace to King. Clear every card and you win.

The tableau

Seven columns hold the dealt cards. Build them down in alternating colors: a red Six on a black Seven, a black Five on that red Six. Groups of cards in sequence move together, and only a King can fill an empty column.

The stock

Cards left over after the deal form the stock. Click it to turn cards onto the waste pile: choose Draw 1 for a relaxed game or Draw 3 for the classic challenge. When the stock runs out, click again to redeal the waste.

Turning cards

Whenever you move the last face-up card off a column, the card beneath is flipped. Uncovering the hidden cards is the heart of the game. A hint is one tap away when you're stuck.

Guides & Strategy

Learn the rules properly, then learn to win.

Rules

How to Play Klondike

The board, the goal and every legal move, explained the way you would teach a friend at the kitchen table.

8 min read
Strategy

12 Klondike Strategy Tips

Why you should hold cards back, which column to dig first, and how to spot a deal that was never winnable.

9 min read
Rules

How to Play FreeCell

Every card face up, four free cells, and almost no luck, plus the maths behind moving several cards at once.

7 min read
Reference

A Short History of Solitaire

Cartomancy, a Victorian rulebook, a gold rush, and the intern whose card game shipped on every PC on earth.

6 min read

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What is Solitaire?

Solitaire (known as Patience in Britain) is the world's most played card game, with roots in 18th-century Europe. The version most people simply call "solitaire" is Klondike, which spread worldwide during the 1890s Klondike gold rush and later shipped with every home computer on Earth.

Every hand is a small puzzle: with a bit of planning, memory and timing, you tease order out of a shuffled deck. Some deals fall open in minutes; others fight you to the last card. That mix of luck and skill is why solitaire has held people's attention for more than two centuries, and why we're rebuilding the whole family of games, from Spider and FreeCell to Russian Solitaire, right here in your browser.

Not every card game is played alone, so two that are not sit alongside them. Hearts and Spades deal you in against computer opponents that bid, pass and play properly, which is as close as a browser gets to a real table. Same deck, same felt, no download and no sign-up.