Draw a card
Tap the stock pile to reveal one card in the waste pile.
Solitaire Guide
How to Play Solitaire
Simple Klondike rules for setup, legal moves, home piles, and large print tap-to-move play.
Quick Start
Klondike Solitaire is the classic version most people mean when they say Solitaire. Your goal is to move every card to the four home piles, starting with aces and ending with kings.
Build columns
Place cards downward in alternating colors, such as red 9 on black 10.
Start with aces
Move aces to the home piles, then build each suit upward.
Clear the deck
Win by moving all 52 cards to the four home piles.
How to Set Up Solitaire
Klondike starts with seven columns. The first column has one card, the second has two cards, and each next column has one more. Only the top card in each column starts face up.
The rest of the deck becomes the stock. Drawn cards move to the waste pile.
Legal Moves
In the columns, cards move downward by one rank while alternating red and black colors. A black 8 can go on a red 9. A red queen can go on a black king.
Only kings can move into an empty column.
Home Piles
Each home pile starts with an ace. After that, build the same suit upward in order: ace, 2, 3, 4, and so on through king.
Large Solitaire calls these home piles so the goal is easier to remember.
How to Win
Keep uncovering face-down cards, moving cards into useful columns, and sending safe cards to the home piles. The game is complete when every card reaches a home pile.
If you are not sure what to do next, use Show Move for a hint. If a move surprises you, use Undo and keep playing at your own pace.
When You Get Stuck
- Look for face-down cards you can uncover by moving a column card.
- Use empty columns for kings or runs that begin with kings.
- Do not rush every card to a home pile if it still helps unlock columns.
- Tap Show Move when you want the game to highlight a useful next step.
- Tap Auto Home when you want the game to send cards to the Home piles. If no Home move is ready, it will highlight a useful next step instead.
Play With Large Cards
Large Solitaire uses large print cards, tap-to-move controls, no timer, and no download. You can read the rules here, then return to the game whenever you are ready.