Solitaire for Monday, September 21, 2026

Daily Solitaire deals the same cards to everyone each day, and that deal was solved and replayed move by move before it went live, so the way through is always there. This is classic Solitaire, the game that shipped with Windows in 1990 and is also known as Klondike or Patience: seven columns, a stock of 24 cards, and four foundations to fill from Ace to King. It opens on Turn 1, one card from the stock at a time; switch to Turn 3 for the three card draw. Undo has no limit, Hint shows a move, and Solvable? tells you whether the deal on the table has a known solution.

Win the Game of the Day on its own day to build a streak. Missed one? The calendar keeps every past deal. New deal gives you a random hand that is yours alone, picked from the same pool of checked deals, and the menu beside it lets you choose Easy, Medium or Hard.

How to play Solitaire

• The goal is to move all 52 cards onto the four foundations, one suit each, from Ace up to King.
• The deal puts 28 cards in seven columns, one to seven cards deep, with only the top card of each face up. The other 24 wait in the stock.
• On the columns, build down in alternating colours: a red 6 goes on a black 7. A run that already follows that rule moves as one.
• An empty column takes only a King, or a run headed by a King.
• Click the stock to turn a card, or three on Turn 3. When it runs out, click it again to turn the pile back over. Passes are unlimited and the footer counts them.
• Click a card to send it where it fits best, or drag it where you want it. A card can also come back down from a foundation when you need it to unblock a column.
• The footer keeps your time and moves. Your score is moves plus seconds, so lower is better.

Tips for winning

• Prefer the move that turns a face-down card. The right-hand column hides six, and those cards are usually what is blocking you.
• Do not empty a column until a King is ready to go into it. A gap with nothing to fill it is a wasted move.
• Aces and twos are always safe to send up; middle cards are not. A 6 on its foundation is no longer a place to park a 5 of the other colour, and bringing it back down costs moves.
• On Turn 3, playing one card from the waste changes which cards come up on every later pass, so a card you cannot reach now may surface next time round.
• When the game tells you there is no win left on your line, Take me back rewinds to the last position that could still be won.