Strategies and tips

Before you make your first move, look for trouble spots such as aces hidden at the tops of columns or low-numbered cards stacked behind higher-numbered cards.

Try to keep your free cells unoccupied as much as possible. Empty columns are also valuable.

Reveal a partially hidden card by right-clicking it.

When you have two or more cards in sequence at the bottom of a column, move the entire sequence to a different column if there are enough free cells open. To move the sequence, click the bottom card of the sequence you want to move, and then click the column to which you want to move it.

You can quickly move a card to a free cell by double-clicking the card.

At the end of each move, FreeCell transfers unneeded cards to home cells. A card is unneeded when no lower-rank cards of the opposite color remain in the playing area.

When only one legal move remains, the title bar flashes as a warning.