Solitaire
Klondike, Spider and FreeCell, free in your browser — with hints, unlimited undo and your game saved.
Klondike SolitaireKlondike solitaire in the browser - Turn 1 or Turn 3, free, no download.Play
Spider SolitaireTwo decks, ten columns - play with 1, 2 or 4 suits, free, no download.Play
FreeCellEvery card face up, four free cells - nearly every deal can be won.Play
The solitaire guide
- 1 in 5Turn 3 deals can't be wonIs every game of solitaire winnable?No — about 18% of Turn 3 deals and 9% of Turn 1 deals cannot be won even with perfect play, and far more are lost in practice. Here is why.
- 1 / 3cards per turnKlondike Turn 1 vs Turn 3Turn 1 deals one card from the stock at a time and wins about twice as often; Turn 3 deals three and only the top one plays. Here is what changes.
- +10per card put homeHow to win more oftenTurn hidden cards over first, keep empty columns for kings, and don't rush cards home. Ten habits that win more Klondike deals, Turn 1 or Turn 3.
- 1 / 2 / 4suits in playSpider: 1, 2 or 4 suitsOne suit is a gentle puzzle, four is a different game. The rules never change — only whether your runs can move. Here is what each setting does.
- #11982the Microsoft deal with no solutionIs every FreeCell game winnable?Almost. Solvers win 99.9989% of random deals, and of Microsoft's famous 32,000 only one — #11982 — has no solution at all.
- 104cards in the dealHow to play spider solitaireTwo decks, ten columns, and one rule that decides the whole game: only a run in a single suit moves as a unit. Full rules and how to start.
- 45 / 0cards face down at the dealKlondike vs FreeCellKlondike hides cards and deals you unwinnable games. FreeCell shows everything and almost always has an answer. What that changes, and which suits you.
About solitaire
Solitaire is not one game. The word covers a whole family of single-player card games, and the one most people mean is Klondike — seven columns, four foundations, a stock you turn through looking for something playable. It became the default because Microsoft shipped it with Windows in 1990, not because it is the best of them.
The others are worth knowing. FreeCell deals every card face up, which makes it a game of planning rather than luck: almost every deal can be solved if you find the line. Spider uses two decks and asks you to build runs inside the tableau before anything reaches a foundation, and its difficulty is set by how many suits are in play. Which of the three you pick changes the game more than the names suggest. Klondike is the familiar gamble — you play the cards you are given and some deals were lost before you started. FreeCell is a puzzle with an answer in it. Spider sits between them and scales from gentle to brutal depending on how many suits you let in.
Every game here runs in the browser with nothing to install. Your board is kept if you close the tab, undo is unlimited, and a hint is there when a deal stops making sense. Pick a variant above, or start with Klondike if you want the one you already know.