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Baker’s Game

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Complete illustrated guide

How to play Baker’s Game Solitaire

Learn the layout, legal moves and winning objective, then use the practical strategy notes to make stronger decisions from the opening deal.

Baker’s Game Solitaire at a glance

The familiar FreeCell board with same-suit building and four cells for careful rearrangements.

FreeCell habits need adjusting here: matching colors is irrelevant, and the table moves one exposed card at a time. Use a cell to uncover the exact suit and rank that gives your next card a home.

Baker’s Game Solitaire in progress on Solitaire Online, showing the complete playing layout and controls
The Baker’s Game Solitaire table at the start of a game. Open the screenshot for a closer view.

Rules and objective

  1. Eight face-up columns contain seven cards in the first four and six in the rest. Four cells start empty.
  2. Build tableau columns down in the same suit. Any card can fill an empty column.
  3. Move one exposed card at a time in this version. Each cell holds one card, playable to a column or foundation.
  4. Build four foundations from Ace to King in suit. Move all 52 cards there to win.

The table enforces legal moves and saves the current deal in this browser. Hints identify a move that is available now; they do not guarantee that the deal can still be won.

Strategy: how to play better

First priority

Save empty cells for cards that block a useful same-suit move.

Keep suits together

A tableau move needs one rank lower in the same suit. Alternating-color patterns that help in FreeCell do nothing here.

Move single cards with intent

This implementation moves exposed cards one at a time. Use a free cell to release a buried card rather than simply parking a card with no next step.

Frequently asked questions

Can I build red on black?

Only when both cards are also the same suit, which red and black cards cannot be. Tableau cards build downward in the same suit.

Can I pick up a whole ordered run?

No. This version moves one exposed card at a time; use cells and empty columns to rearrange longer sequences.

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