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How to play FreeCell

How to play FreeCell. Deal 52 face-up cards into eight columns: four columns have seven cards and four have six. Four free cells each hold one card. Four foundations build by suit from ace to king.

Rules

  1. Deal 52 face-up cards into eight columns: four columns have seven cards and four have six. Four free cells each hold one card. Four foundations build by suit from ace to king.
  2. Build tableau sequences downward in alternating colors. Any card or valid sequence may fill an empty column. A free cell accepts just one card, never a whole group.
  3. Moving several cards at once represents legal single-card moves. Capacity is (empty free cells + 1) multiplied by 2 for each usable empty column. An empty destination column is not counted again.
  4. Use hints, undo and restart to compare plans. Automatic collection moves only conservatively safe available cards. Random deals are not guaranteed solvable, and seed numbers are not Microsoft deal numbers.

A position to try

With one empty free cell and one usable empty column, up to four correctly ordered cards can move together. If that empty column is the destination, the capacity is only two.

Tap, click or use the keyboard.

Tap or click to select. Drag to move. Tab, Enter and Escape also work.

Hints explain one step. Undo is always available while history is kept.

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Strategy

Keep a free cell available when possible. Filling all four may prevent an otherwise useful sequence from moving.

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