How to Play Klondike Solitaire

The Goal

Build the four suit piles from Ace to King (♠, ♥, ♦, ♣). Along the way, focus on clearing the deal and waste piles and turning every card face up in the columns. Once the deal and waste piles are empty and all cards are face up, auto-win finishes the last moves for you.

Setup

• Columns: 7 columns. From left to right, deal 1 to 7 cards; only the top card of each column starts face‑up.
• Deal pile: the remaining cards face‑down in a pile you can draw from.
• Waste pile: the face‑up pile where drawn cards go.
• Suit piles (start with Aces): 4 target piles, one per suit. Any Ace can start — the order doesn’t matter. These are sometimes called the “foundations”.

At FunFunGames, each new game is a random shuffle.

Legal Moves

• Columns ⇄ Columns: build down in descending order by alternating colors (e.g., a black 7 on a red 8). You can move a face‑up sequence together. Empty columns accept a King (or a sequence starting with a King).
• To suit piles: build up by suit from A → K. Move one card at a time (usually the top of a pile).
• Deal pile → Waste pile: tap the deal pile to turn one card face‑up onto the waste pile. When the deal pile is empty, tap it again to recycle the waste pile back to the deal pile face‑down.

Valid Stack Example

Move

onto

Target

In a Column

Column

Rule

In the columns, stack cards in descending order and alternate colors.

Example: red 7 on black 8, then black 6 on red 7.

Shortcuts

• Double‑tap to suit piles (always on): double‑tap the top card of the waste pile (or the top face‑up card in a column) to send it to the suit piles when it’s legal. This works even if Tap to Auto‑move is turned off.
• Auto‑win: when only automatic moves to the suit piles remain (for example, all column cards are face‑up and the deal and waste piles are empty), the game finishes the remaining moves for you.
• New Game: start a fresh random deal anytime.
• Undo: tap Undo to step back one move.

Settings

• Left-hand / Right-hand: choose which side the deal and waste piles sit on (handy for lefties and phones).
• Tap to Auto-move: optional — enable quick moves with a single tap (to a suit pile, or a column move).
• Auto-flip on Reveal: flip cards automatically when they are uncovered.

Quick Tips

• Expose facedown cards in the columns whenever you can — it unlocks more moves.
• Empty a column to place a King; creating an empty space early is powerful.
• Move to suit piles when it doesn’t block useful column moves.

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