Card game
Solitaire: rules and how to play
The classic one-player patience game of building piles in order.
- Players
- 1
- Cards
- One 52-card deck
- Goal
- Move every card to the four suit piles, Ace to King
Solitaire, usually the Klondike version, is a patience game for one player. You move cards between piles until every card has been placed in order.
The layout
- Tableau: seven columns, containing 1 to 7 cards, with only the top card of each face up.
- Stock and waste: the remaining cards, turned over from the stock into the waste pile.
- Foundations: four piles, one for each suit.
How you win
- Build each foundation upward from Ace to King in a single suit.
- In the tableau you build downward, alternating red and black, for example a red 6 on a black 7.
- You win when all 52 cards are on the foundations.
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FAQ
Quick answers
How do you win Klondike solitaire?
By moving all 52 cards onto the four foundation piles, each built from Ace to King in a single suit.
Which card can go on a tableau column?
A card one rank lower than the top card and of the opposite colour, for example a red 6 on a black 7.