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The Object of the Game

The FreeCell display consists of four Home Cells (at the top right), four Free Cells (at the top left), and a deck of cards (at the bottom). The object of the game is to move all of the cards to Home Cells. To win, you must stack cards of the same suit in order of rank, starting with the Ace. The game starts with all of the cards in eight randomly sorted stacks. You can only move the top card of a stack, but you can use Free Cells to hold cards temporarily. Every game can be won, at least in theory.



Rules of the Game

There are three legal moves in FreeCell:

  1. You can move any card from the bottom of a column to an empty Free Cell.
  2. You can move any card from the bottom of a column or from a Free Cell to a Home Cell if that card is of the same suit and one greater in rank than the card already in the Home Cell. For example, you can move the 4 of Clubs onto the 3 of Clubs in a Home Cell. Aces can always be moved to a Home Cell.
  3. You can move a card from either a Free Cell or from the bottom of one column to the bottom of another column, as long as the rank of the card is one less than the rank of the card it is placed on, and the colors are different. For example, you can move a black 3 onto a red 4. Any card can be moved to an empty column.

Note At the end of each move, FreeCell automatically transfers unneeded cards to the Home Cells. A card is unneeded if there are no lower rank cards of the opposite color left in the playing area.

You win when all of the cards are in Home Cells. You lose if there are no more legal moves. You can try to win the same game again (without affecting the statistics) by tapping the Restart Game button.



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