Tab enters or leaves the board. Left/Right chooses a pile; Up/Down chooses a card in that pile. Home/End goes to its first/last card. Enter or Space selects a card or sequence; choose a destination and press again to move. Escape cancels. H: hint; Ctrl/Cmd+Z: undo.
Play FreeCell with all 52 cards visible, four free cells for temporary storage, and no stock to draw from. Move every card to the four foundations, building each suit from Ace to King. The board above is ready to play without a download or account; use Undo to explore a different move.
The deck is dealt face up into eight columns: seven cards in each of the first four columns and six in each of the other four. Seeing a card does not mean you can pick it up on its own. Cards farther down its column must be moved first, or form a legal sequence that can move with it.
This example is a simplified position, not a preview of your current deal.
Why do two empty cells matter? You could make the same move one card at a time: park the 6 and 7 in separate free cells, move the 8 onto the 9, then put the 7 on the 8 and the 6 on the 7. Dragging the run performs that rearrangement as one action.
This game calculates your moving limit as (empty free cells + 1) ร 2spare empty columns. Count only columns that are empty before the move. If you are moving into an empty column, leave that destination out of the count: it cannot also serve as temporary storage.
| Empty columns before moving | Destination | Maximum run |
|---|---|---|
| None | An occupied column | 3 cards |
| One | An occupied column | 6 cards |
| One | That empty column | 3 cards |
Suppose you have two empty cells and one empty column, and want to move an 8 of Spades, 7 of Hearts, 6 of Clubs, and 5 of Diamonds. The four-card run fits onto an exposed 9 of Diamonds because the empty column helps you rearrange it. It does not fit into your only empty column: that destination leaves no spare column, so the limit drops to three.
Before filling a free cell, identify how you will release its card. With no empty columns, filling your last free cell reduces your moving limit from two cards to one. An apparently helpful move can therefore prevent the sequence move you planned next.
A free cell takes only one card. If other cards overlap the one you want, move those out of the way first. A whole sequence cannot be parked in a single free cell.
Check both the destination's rank and color, then count your spare space using the moving-limit examples. A valid sequence can still be too long for that destination.
No. This game's ordinary deals are shuffled without a promise of a solution. Published results for specific numbered deal sets also do not measure a player's chance of winning; our FreeCell winnability guide explains the distinction.
Spider Solitaire lets you build with any suit, but moving a whole run requires matching suits: see the mixed-suit move example. Klondike Solitaire adds hidden cards and a draw pile. For a tile puzzle where your choice changes what becomes accessible, try Mahjong's pair-choice examples before playing the board above that guide.
The timeless solitaire card game. Build tableau stacks in descending rank with alternating colors and move cards to the foundations by suit from Ace to King. Ideal for quick sessions and classic gameplay fans.
Play Klondike
A deep, strategic solitaire card game played with two decks. Build sameโsuit sequences from King to Ace across 10 columns. Try One Suit, Two Suits, or Four Suits difficulty for increasing challenge.
Play Spider
Remove pairs of free tiles from a layered layout. Ordinary tiles must match exactly, while Seasons and Flowers can be paired within their respective groups.
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