FreeCell

FreeCell is a card game with 52 cards face up from the start. Use the four free cells as temporary storage and sort each suit from Ace to King. Play free in your browser, with no sign-up or download.

FreeCell rules

The tableau has eight columns: the first four contain seven cards each, and the other four contain six. Unlike Klondike Solitaire, there is no stock and no face-down card.

• Build down in alternating colours: a black Eight can go on a red Nine.
• Each of the four free cells at the top left holds exactly one card.
• Any card can fill an empty column, not just a King.
• The four foundations at the top right start with an Ace. Build from Two to King in the same suit: Spades, Hearts, Diamonds or Clubs.
• You win when all 52 cards are on the foundations.

In this version, a card placed on a foundation can only be recovered with “Undo”. Check whether you still need it to help arrange a column.

Moving several cards together

A descending sequence of alternating colours can move together if enough intermediate spaces are available. With two free cells and no extra empty column, you can move up to three cards. An additional empty column doubles that limit to six.

An empty destination column does not count as an intermediate space. If you have two free cells and exactly one empty column, you can therefore move at most three cards together onto that empty column. The game checks this limit and highlights legal destinations for you.

Mouse, touch and keyboard controls

First tap a card or the start of a valid sequence, then tap the destination. Alternatively, drag the selection with your mouse or finger. Highlighted spaces show where the move is allowed.

Use Tab to reach playable cards and destinations. Enter or Space selects a card or destination; Escape clears a selection. “Undo” takes back up to the last 100 moves and adjusts the move counter. Elapsed playing time is kept.

Daily game and free play

Everyone receives the same daily deal on the same day. The date follows the Berlin time zone; reload the page to open the next day’s deal. In free play, “New deal” creates a new distribution. “Restart” begins the same deal again.

Your daily deal and free-play deal are saved separately in this browser, including time and undo history. You can switch between them or reload the page. This requires local browser storage. Another browser does not inherit the save, and clearing site data removes it.

The clock starts with your first move and pauses while the browser tab is hidden. There is no time limit. Spielaro does not check deals for solvability in advance and does not promise a fixed win rate.

Getting started

Try not to keep free cells occupied for long: they determine how many cards you can move together. An empty column is especially useful because it can hold longer sequences. Make Aces and low cards accessible without filling every temporary space.

If a plan does not work, undo a few moves and try another approach. For a different logic challenge, try Sudoku. Find more free games in the game catalogue.