FreeCell Solitaire
FreeCell Solitaire hides nothing. The full deck goes face up into eight columns, so from the very first move you can see where every Ace and King sits.
That makes it more of a puzzle than a gamble. Four free cells give you temporary parking spots, and your goal is to move all 52 cards onto four foundation piles. It opens in a regular browser tab with no install, and a collect button handles the tidy-up at the end.
How to play FreeCell Solitaire
The deal puts seven cards in each of the first four columns and six in each of the other four. Within the columns, you can place a card on one that is a rank higher and the opposite color, for example a black 8 on a red 9. An empty column accepts any card or a run that fits.
A free cell holds a single card. Move a card there to get it out of the way, then later bring it back to a column or send it home. Each filled cell shrinks how many cards you can move at once, so use them sparingly.
Foundations begin with Aces and climb by suit to Kings. Select a card, then the foundation of its suit. The counter shows your moves, and once all four Kings are home the board reads Cleared.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select a card or run | Tab to it, Enter or Space | Click it | Tap it |
| Place the selection | Tab to the target, Enter | Click a column, free cell or foundation | Tap a column, free cell or foundation |
| Auto-send cards home | — | Click Collect to foundations | Tap Collect to foundations |
| Undo | — | Click Undo | Tap Undo |
| New deal | — | Click New game (inside Menu if hidden) | Tap New game (inside Menu if hidden) |
Tips
- Before your first move, find all four Aces and the 2s. Plan how to reach the most deeply buried one first.
- The number of cards you can shift as a group depends on empty cells and columns. Keep at least one cell clear whenever you can.
- An empty column is worth more than an empty cell, because it can take a whole run instead of a single card.
- Build long alternating runs in one column. Later you can move the whole run as a unit onto another column.
- Once most cards are free, press Collect to send everything playable home in one go and look at what is still stuck.
If you like FreeCell Solitaire, try these
Spider SolitaireMore open-information patience, with two decks and ten columns where the goal is building full same-suit runs rather than sorting to foundations.
Mahjong SolitairePlanning which piece to free first matters just as much when you pull matching tiles off a layered stack instead of moving cards.
Questions
What is a free cell in FreeCell Solitaire?
It is one of four spare slots beside the foundations, and each can hold a single card. Parking a card there unblocks a column, and you can play it back down or send it to a foundation later.
How many cards can I move at once in FreeCell?
It depends on how much free space you have. More empty free cells and empty columns let you move a longer run as one unit.
Does FreeCell Solitaire save my game?
Yes. Your browser holds on to the current deal and move count, letting you leave a hand half played and finish it later on the same device.
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