Play FreeCell Solitaire online, free
FreeCell deals every card face up, so nothing is hidden. Nearly every deal can be won, which makes it the solitaire for people who like to think a few moves ahead.
How to play
The goal is the same as in Klondike: move all 52 cards to the four foundations at the top right, each suit built up from Ace to King. The difference is that you can see everything from the start.
- The eight columns are built down in alternating colours. A red 9 goes on a black 10.
- The four free cells at the top left each hold one card. Use them to park a card while you get at the one underneath.
- An empty column can take any card, or any ordered run.
- Moving runs. Technically you move one card at a time, but the game does the shuffling for you. How many cards you can move depends on your free space, and the game tells you if you ask for too many.
Tips that win games
- Look before you move. Every card is visible, so find where the Aces and 2s are buried and plan a route to them.
- Keep free cells empty. A full set of free cells leaves you with no room to work. Fill one only when you know how you'll empty it.
- Empty a column. An empty column is worth more than a free cell because it doubles how many cards you can move at once.
- Get low cards up early. Aces and 2s stuck deep in a column block everything above them.
If you want to know why FreeCell is so winnable, we wrote about the one famous deal nobody can solve.
Questions people ask
- Can every game of FreeCell be won?
- Almost. In the original Microsoft version, only one of its 32,000 numbered deals (number 11982) has no solution. Across much larger sets of deals the unsolvable ones are still extremely rare.
- How many cards can I move at once?
- As many as your free space allows. Take the number of empty free cells, add one, and double it for every empty column. With two empty free cells and no empty columns you can move three cards. Add one empty column and it becomes six.
- What happens when I tap a card?
- It moves to the best spot it can: a foundation first, then a column where it fits, then a free cell.
- Does the game finish itself?
- Yes. Once every column is in descending order, the remaining cards move to the foundations on their own.
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