FreeCell Solitaire — Play Free with Large Cards

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Click a top card to select. Click a free cell, foundation, or another column to move. Single-card moves only in v1 — use free cells to stash and rebuild runs.

How to play FreeCell Solitaire

FreeCell deals all 52 cards face-up into eight columns, so every card is visible from the very first move. Four free cells act as temporary parking spots for single cards, and you win by building the four foundations up by suit from Ace to King. Because everything is visible, nearly every deal can be won with careful planning.

The rules in short

All 52 cards dealt face-up: four columns of seven cards and four of six.
Build columns down in alternating colors: a black 6 on a red 7, and so on.
Click a top card to select it; click a free cell, foundation, or another column to move it. Only one card moves at a time.
Each of the four free cells holds one card. Any card can go into an empty column.
Move each Ace to a foundation as it becomes the top card, then build that foundation up by suit to the King.

Tips

Keep at least one free cell open. When all four are occupied and no column is empty, most positions stall.
Work toward an empty column early. An empty column holds a whole run; a free cell holds only one card.
Find where the Aces and Twos are before moving anything. Every card you move is a step toward — or away from — reaching them.

Questions

Can I move more than one card at a time?

Not on this board. Cards always move one at a time. Use free cells and empty columns to stage multi-card moves manually.

Is every FreeCell deal winnable?

Almost. Only a small number of the possible deals — around 1 in 80,000 — cannot be won. If you are stuck it is almost always a planning problem, not an impossible deal.

What can go into an empty column?

Any card. Unlike Klondike, empty columns in FreeCell accept any single card, not just Kings.

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