Classic Klondike patience: build the four foundations from ace to king by suit. Play today's deal, which a solver has checked can be won, or practise with Draw 1 or Draw 3.
Dealing today's winnable game…
How to play
Seven columns are dealt with the top card face up. The rest of the deck is the stock (top left).
Move cards between columns in descending order with alternating colours: a red 6 on a black 7. You can move a whole run of face-up cards together.
When a column's face-up cards are all moved, the next card turns face up. Only a king (or a run starting with a king) can go into an empty column.
Tap the stock to turn cards onto the waste; the top waste card can be played. When the stock runs out, tap it again to turn the waste back over.
Move each ace to a foundation, then build up by suit (2, 3 … king). You win when all 52 cards are on the foundations.
Worked example: a good first few moves
Suppose the columns show a black 8, a red 7 and an ace. Put the ace straight up on its foundation: that turns a new card face up underneath. Then move the red 7 onto the black 8, which turns up another card. Each move that uncovers a face-down card gives you new options, so prefer those over moves between face-up cards.
Tips
Turn over face-down cards whenever you can, starting with the longest columns: that's where most hidden cards are.
Don't empty a column unless you have a king ready to move into it.
Don't rush low cards to the foundations if you still need them to hold other cards in the columns; aces and twos are always safe to move up.
On Draw 3, think before playing a waste card: it changes which cards you'll see on the next pass.
No. Some Klondike deals can't be won however well you play. The daily deal and practice deals with “Winnable deals only” switched on are checked by a solver before you see them: it plays the deal with every card visible and only keeps deals it can win, so a win is always possible.
What's the difference between Draw 1 and Draw 3?
With Draw 1 you turn one card from the stock at a time, so every stock card is reachable on each pass. With Draw 3 you turn three and can only play the top one, which hides the others until later passes. Draw 3 is the harder, classic game. You can go through the stock as many times as you like in both.
How do I move cards on a phone?
Tap a card and it jumps to the best place: its foundation if it fits, otherwise a column. Or drag it. If a card has nowhere to go, the tap picks it up, and your next tap chooses where to put it.
How is the score worked out?
+10 for each card moved to a foundation, +5 for each card turned face up, +5 for each card moved from the waste to a column, −15 for taking a card back off a foundation, and −100 for each pass through the stock on Draw 1 (−20 on Draw 3). The score never goes below zero. Your time and moves are shown as well.
Can I undo and get hints?
Yes, undo as many moves as you like, and press Hint for a useful next move: the card and the place to put it are outlined. When every card is face up and the stock is empty, Finish plays the rest to the foundations for you.
Can I play with a keyboard?
Yes. Press Tab to go through the piles (stock, waste, foundations, then columns), Enter to pick up the top card and Enter again on another pile to drop it. In a column, the up arrow picks up more of the face-up cards. Escape puts them back and Ctrl+Z undoes.
