Skip to content
THE DAILY CARD TABLE XALONGLI.COM PLAY AT YOUR PACE

THE CARD DESK IS OPEN · A NOTE OF POSSIBILITY

How to Play

The How to Play entry is open for reading. You can return to the card table from the main menu.

One table.
Endless possibilities.
Learn the rules

NOTES FROM THE TABLE

Pick a table

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

Tableau and stock

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

Make a single-card move

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

Select a legal sequence

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

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

Solitaire play free online

A temporary workspace

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

Deal another row

Keep these details in mind. A deal is refused if any column is empty. 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.

Clear King through Ace

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

How to beat solitaire

Use the controls

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

Choose the next step

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