How do you win at Klondike solitaire?

You win by moving all 52 cards to the four foundation piles, one per suit, in ascending order from Ace to King. You may draw from the stock a total of one or three cards at a time and redeal when the stock is empty.

Can you move cards back from the foundations?

Yes, a foundation card can be moved back onto the tableau at a cost of 15 points, which can help unlock moves. Score is counted using standard Microsoft Klondike scoring.

Does the game save automatically?

Yes, the current deal, score, moves, redeals and timer are saved to browser storage and restored when you come back. The page can also be installed as an app from your browser.

Deal Solitaire — Free Klondike Solitaire Online

Q: What is the difference between Turn 1 and Turn 3 solitaire?

In Turn 1 (Draw 1), one card is drawn from the stock at a time, which gives you more playable cards. In Turn 3, three cards are revealed per draw, which makes the game harder: only the top card of each trio can be played.

Play Deal Solitaire — the classic Klondike game, often just called Solitaire or Patience — online right now, free, no signup, no download. The game runs in your browser on desktop, tablet and phone, with Turn 1 or Turn 3 drawing, hints, undo, scoring, a timer and a board you can save and return to at any time.

What is Klondike Solitaire?

Klondike is the classic single-player card game that ships with Windows. It uses one standard 52-card deck laid out in 7 tableau columns (1 to 7 cards, only the top card of each column face up) plus a 24-card stock pile. The goal is to move all cards onto the four foundation piles — one per suit — in ascending order from Ace to King. You win when every foundation reaches the King.

How to Play

Move cards onto each other. Face-up cards can be moved between tableau columns, and runs of face-up cards can be moved together. A card may only be placed on a card of the opposite color and one rank higher (e.g. a 6 of hearts on a 7 of spades).
Kings fill empty columns. An empty tableau column can only be started with a King (or a run that starts with a King).
Build the foundations. Each foundation starts with an Ace and builds up in order (A, 2, 3, …, K) within one suit. Moving a card to a foundation scores points.
Draw from the stock. Tap/click the stock to draw cards face up onto the waste pile — one card in Turn 1, three at a time in Turn 3. The top waste card is playable.
Redeal. When the stock runs out, click the empty stock area to turn the waste back over into the stock and keep playing.
Flip blocked cards. When you move the last card off a face-down card it flips over automatically for +5 points.

Scoring

Standard Microsoft Klondike scoring: +10 points when a card goes to a foundation, +5 when a waste card is moved to the tableau, +5 when a face-down tableau card is revealed, and −15 if you take a card back from a foundation onto the tableau. Undo restores score, moves, redeals and the board exactly as they were.

Strategies to Win More Often

Uncover face-down cards first. Every hidden card you reveal multiplies your options; prefer moves that expose a facedown card.
Deal with Kings before column space runs out. A buried King can block an entire column, so clear a column for it early when possible.
Don't rush the foundations. A card kept in the tableau can unlock more value than the 10 points you get by parking it.
Check the waste before every move. The top waste card is one of your most valuable options.
Use hints and undo. The Hint button highlights a suggested move, and Undo rewinds any mistake.

Turn 1 vs Turn 3

Turn 1 (one card per draw) is the easier, more relaxing mode and the one recommended for beginners. Turn 3 (three cards per draw) is the classic harder challenge: cards come in larger bursts and only the top card of each trio can be played, making careful stock management essential. You can switch modes with the Turn 1 / Turn 3 buttons above the board — a new deal starts with the selected mode.

Klondike vs FreeCell

Klondike and FreeCell are the two most common windowed solitaire games, and they reward very different habits. Klondike — the game on this page — uses one 52-card deck split into a 24-card stock pile and 7 tableau columns with face-down cards. Its luck comes from two places: the order of the deal and the order the stock feeds you in turn 3. FreeCell deals all 52 cards face up across eight columns, with nothing hidden and no stock. The entire game state is visible from the first move, so play is pure planning: you clear cards by moving whole runs through four spare cell slots, and because nothing is concealed almost every deal can be solved with careful thought. Klondike is the opposite — no deal is guaranteed to be winnable, which is exactly why a freshly shuffled table stays interesting. Spider, the third member of the family, deals ten columns of face-down cards and asks you to build descending runs of a single suit — harder to start, harder to finish, and even less forgiving of a bad shuffle. If you prefer FreeCell's pure-puzzle feel, Try Klondike in Turn 1 mode: one card per draw keeps more of the game in your hands and rewards patience over luck.

Is Solitaire a game of skill or luck?

Both — and it's worth being honest about which is which. Whether a particular deal is winnable is decided by the shuffle, before you touch a single card. Some deals are unbeatable no matter how well you play, and on a random table that happens more often than most people expect. That is the luck part, and it is outside your control. Inside a winnable deal, skill decides the outcome. Experienced players win the same deal far more often than beginners because they make different choices: they uncover face-down tableau cards before building foundations, they hold an empty column open for a king instead of using it for a small run, they check the waste before every move, and in turn 3 they time their draws so a needed card doesn't get buried under two more. Those habits measurably raise your win rate — but they can't rescue a dead deal, and no setting on this page promises that it can. Play for the wins you can take, and treat the rest as the honest odds of the game.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this solitaire game free to play?

Yes. The game is completely free, runs in your browser with no signup and no download, and includes hints, undo, a timer and scoring at no cost.

What is the difference between Turn 1 and Turn 3 solitaire?

In Turn 1, one card is drawn from the stock at a time, giving more playable cards more often. In Turn 3, three cards are revealed per draw: the game is harder because only the top card of each trio can be played.

How many times can you redeal in solitaire?

Unlimited, typically. When the stock is empty, clicking the stock well flips the waste cards back into the stock face down — here it costs nothing and you can do it as often as needed.

Can I move cards back from the foundations?

Yes, foundation cards can be returned to the tableau for a −15 point penalty. Sometimes it's the only way to unlock a column; the score is fully restored by undoing instead.

Does the game save my progress?

Yes. The current deal, draw mode, score, moves, redeals and timer are saved automatically in your browser and restored the next time you open the page. The page can be installed as an app from your browser's menu.

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