FreeCell
Every card face up. Almost every deal can be won.
The classic numbered FreeCell deals, from 1 to 32000, with every card face up from the start. Move cards between eight cascades, park them in four free cells and build each suit up from the ace. Almost every deal can be won: the question is how cleanly and how fast. A new shared deal arrives every day.
- Category
- Cards & Board
- Modes
- Solo · Daily
- Controls
- Mouse · Touch
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How to play
Drag a card where it should go, and the run below it goes along. Or tap it to pick it up, then tap where it should go; tap it again to send it to the best place. Cascades build down in alternating colours, and a whole run moves at once when there are enough free cells and empty cascades to carry it. Each free cell holds one card. Foundations build up by suit from the ace; cards nobody can still need go up on their own. Undo costs 5 seconds, a hint 30.
What is FreeCell?
FreeCell is the solitaire you can think your way through. Every card is dealt face up into eight cascades, so nothing is hidden and almost nothing is left to luck: four free cells give you room to shuffle cards around while you build each suit up from the ace.
The deals here are the classic numbered ones, 1 to 32000, made with the same shuffle as the Windows game, so deal 1 is the deal 1 players have known for decades. Almost every one of them can be won. Deal 11982, the famous exception, is never handed out. A new deal, the same for everyone, arrives every day.
How to play
Tap a card to pick it up together with the run below it, then tap the cascade, free cell or foundation where it should go. Tap the same card again and it goes to the best place on its own.
- Cascades. Build down in alternating colours: a black 7 goes on a red 8.
- Runs. A run in order moves at once when there is room to carry it: with free cells and empty cascades the run can be long, with a full table only one card moves.
- Free cells. Each holds one card while you dig.
- Foundations. Build each suit up from the ace. Cards nobody can still need go up on their own.
- Undo and hints. Undo adds 5 seconds to your time, a hint 30. A hint shows the next move of a way through from where you are.
Strategy tips
- Free the aces and twos first. Every card stacked on top of a low card is a card you must move before the foundations can grow.
- Keep free cells empty. A full set of free cells leaves no room to move runs. Park a card only when it opens something.
- An empty cascade is worth two free cells. It doubles the length of the runs you can move, so think twice before dropping a single card into one.
- Plan the long runs. Before moving a run, count the room you have: free cells plus one, doubled for every empty cascade.
- Undo is cheap, a dead end is not. Five seconds to step back beats a minute of shuffling cards with nowhere to go.
FAQ
Is FreeCell free to play?
Yes. Like every game on Play, it runs free in your browser, with no download and no account needed.
Can every deal be won?
Almost. Of the 32000 classic deals only 11982 has no solution, and it is never dealt here. Some deals are much harder than others, though.
Why does a card go to the foundation on its own?
When no card on the table could ever need it as a place to land, it goes up by itself, so you never have to tap the obvious moves.
What is the daily deal?
Everyone gets the same numbered deal that day, so times compare directly on the leaderboard.
How is my time scored?
Your score is the time to finish the deal, plus 5 seconds for every undo and 30 for every hint. Lower is better.
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