Start with a difficulty

Keep these details in mind. Every difficulty uses 104 cards and the same ten-column layout. One suit removes mixed-suit complications while you learn the controls. Changing difficulty opens that mode's own saved game when local saving is enabled. Choose Play Spider for one suit, 2 Suits for spades and hearts, or 4 Suits for all four suits.

Tableau and stock

The key details are straightforward. Only the bottom card of each starting column is face up. The tableau begins with 54 cards in ten columns. Six cards are dealt to each of the first four columns and five to each remaining column. The stock holds fifty cards for five later deals of ten.

Place one rank lower

Choose an exposed card and place it on an exposed card one rank higher. A nine can move onto a ten, and a Jack can move onto a Queen. Suit does not restrict a single card's destination when the ranks fit. An empty column accepts any exposed card, including a King or Ace.

Select a legal sequence

Keep these details in mind. A break in suit or rank means the entire selected group cannot move as a unit. Cards move together only when they are face up, in one suit and descending by single ranks. Select the highest card of the group you want to move. A shorter valid segment at the bottom may still be moved separately.

Expose a hidden card

Here is what to know. The newly revealed card may provide a useful destination or a new group to build. You do not need a separate flip action. Moving every face-up card away from a hidden card reveals that hidden card automatically. Undoing the move restores the previous face-down state when appropriate.

A temporary workspace

The key details are straightforward. A King cannot land on another card, so it needs an empty destination. Fill all empty columns before dealing a new row from the stock. Any movable sequence can be placed into an empty column. Empty columns are useful for separating mixed suits and making hidden cards accessible.

Deal another row

Here is what to know. A successful stock deal counts as one move in this game's counter. Undo can restore the tableau and stock to their state before that deal. Activate the stock button to add one face-up card to every column. A deal is refused if any column is empty.

Clear King through Ace

Keep these details in mind. Arrange thirteen face-up cards of one suit from King down to Ace at the bottom of a column. The game automatically removes that complete sequence. Collect eight qualifying sequences to win. A mixed-suit sequence does not qualify even if every rank is present in descending order.

Use the controls

Here is what to know. Click or tap a movable card and then a destination column, or drag the selection directly. Keyboard users can focus face-up cards and activate them with Enter or Space. The menu, stock and game controls also work with normal keyboard focus. Left and right arrow keys move focus between columns, and Escape clears a selection.

Continue or restart

Keep these details in mind. Undo reverses recent successful actions while the stored undo history is available. Replay starts the current shuffle again, while New game creates a fresh shuffle. Saving is local to this browser and difficulty, and can be disabled in Privacy & Cookie Settings. The Hint feature suggests a legal option without guaranteeing that the deal can be won.