FreeCell Solitaire — Play Free and Online

1.The Tableau

The largest section of the layout is the tableau, with eight columns of stacked cards. A deck of 52 cards in a game is dealt almost equally into the columns. The first four columns have 7 cards each, and the next four columns have 6 cards each. All the cards are face-up. That’s right — there are no face-down cards to reveal!

2.Free Cells

These are space holders that can temporarily hold cards, one in each cell, while you organize your stacks. Don’t just regard these Free Cells nonchalantly. When you start playing, you will wish you had more than just four of them! Moving cards to the Free Cells requires some careful planning. Think a few steps ahead before you decide to move a card to the Free Cell. A thoughtless move could prove to be a costly mistake, so be careful!

3.Foundation

There are four Foundation slots available in Free Cell Solitaire to hold the four suits of your 52-card deck in ascending order. Your Foundation is regarded as the home base for your cards.

1.Your main objective is to move all your cards to the Foundation cells in their respective suits, from Ace to King. These spots are the homes for the cards in your game. But be careful — only the top card on each Foundation pile can be released if you need to use it somewhere in the Tableau. Every time you free up an Ace to move to the Foundation, you can release a sigh of relief. After all, you’re one step closer to reorganizing the chaotic layout of the columns.

2.You can move cards around the Tableau columns to free up any cards to complete their suit in the Foundation. Cards in the Tableau columns must be organized in descending order and with alternating colors. You can either move cards by themselves or as a sequence of up to five cards. This limitation adds a fresh challenge to the game, encouraging you to come up with creative solutions. Freeing up a column makes it an additional space to park cards that you want to free up. Use these empty spots wisely!

3.You’re going to need some space to park a card to free up the card behind it. Good news — in FreeCell, you have four of them! The four Free Cells are the perfect hotspots to hold any card temporarily to get to a blocked card. Your choice of which cards to place in a Free Cell can significantly either help or hurt your game. Your Free Cells can also help you move a sequence of cards to another spot on the Tableau columns. The maximum number of cards you can move in a sequence is five cards — four through the Free Cells and one by itself. The more cards that are parked in your Free Cells, the smaller of a sequence you’ll be able to move. Therefore, keeping your Free Cells available is crucial to gameplay.