TriPeaks for October 9, 2026

Twenty-eight cards, three peaks, one waste pile. Every move in TriPeaks is the same small decision: which open card goes on the waste next, one rank above or below the card already there. Suits don't matter, and kings connect to aces, so a run can climb 9, 10, J, Q, K, A and come back down. Clear all 28 and you win, no matter how much of the stock is left.

Today's deal is the same for everyone. Before it went live, our solver won it, and that win was replayed card by card in the game itself, so there's always a way through. If you get stuck, Hint shows the next move in a winning line from your current position, Undo is unlimited, and the calendar has every past day.

TriPeaks rules

• The table is three peaks of face-down cards over a bottom row of ten face-up cards. A face-down card flips over as soon as both cards covering it are gone.
• The stock holds the remaining 24 cards. Click it to turn one card onto the waste. You only get one pass through it.
• The waste starts empty, so your first card can be any open card on the table.
• After that, an open card goes on the waste if it is one rank higher or lower than the waste card: a 7 or a 9 on an 8, a king or a 2 on an ace.
• That's the only move. You can't build on the table or fill empty spaces.
• You win when the table is empty. The game ends when the stock is empty and no open card fits.
• Click or tap a card to play it, or drag it to the waste. Your score is moves plus seconds, so lower is better.

How hard is a TriPeaks deal?

With every card visible, our solver cleared 4,000 of 4,026 random deals, so nearly every layout can be won with perfect play. In a real game you can't see every card, though, and that's where the difficulty comes from.

To rate our deals, we have a simple bot play each one sixty times. It always plays an open card that fits, picks one at random when several do, and turns the stock only when nothing fits. It wins about 45% of our deals. Easy deals are the ones it wins often. On Hard deals it almost never gets through, and the order of your plays matters from the very first card. The current deal's level appears next to its number below the table.

Playing TriPeaks well

• Plan the run before you start it. With an 8 on the waste and a 7, two 9s and a 10 open, playing 9, 10, 9 clears three cards. Starting with the 7 clears one card and ends the run.
• When two cards fit, take the one that turns a face-down card over. A card that uncovers two hidden cards at once is worth more than one that uncovers nothing.
• Save a spare. If two open cards share a rank, play one and hold the other. It can restart a run later, after the stock turns up something awkward.
• Turn the stock only when nothing on the table fits. Each turn buries the card you were building on, and the 24 cards have to last the whole game.
• Work all three peaks. If you leave one alone, its hidden cards stay buried until late in the game, when the stock is nearly gone and your options are thinnest.
• Use the wrap. Because kings connect to aces, a run that reaches a king can carry on through the ace into the 2s and 3s, which often links one peak to the next.