Puzzle Solitaire Games

FreeCell is a highly strategic solitaire game with a 99% win rate where all 52 cards are dealt face-up into eight tableau columns, eliminating hidden information. Four free cells serve as temporary storage, and the goal is to move all cards to four foundation piles built in ascending order by suit from Ace to King.

Calculation is a solitaire game with a 50% win rate using a standard 52-card deck. Four foundation piles are each built by a different numerical interval: by 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s, wrapping around from King back to Ace. Four waste piles serve as temporary storage while working through the stock.

Gaps is a puzzle solitaire game with a 25% win rate, played with a single 52-card deck. Cards are dealt into four rows of 13 positions each, with Aces removed to create four gaps. Players slide cards into gaps to arrange each row in ascending suit sequence from 2 to King. Three redeals are permitted.

Baker's Dozen is a solitaire game with a 75% win rate, played with one 52-card deck dealt into 13 columns of four cards each, all face-up. Players build four foundation piles from Ace to King by suit, moving only the bottom card of each column. Kings are relocated to column bottoms during the deal.

Seahaven Towers is a strategic solitaire game with a 14% win rate, played with one 52-card deck. Cards deal into ten tableau columns of five, with two pre-placed in free cells. Four free cells hold cards temporarily. Tableau builds same-suit descending. Only Kings fill empty columns.

Eight Off is a strategic solitaire game with a 99% win rate, played with one 52-card deck. Cards deal into eight tableau columns of six, with four pre-placed in free cells. Tableau builds descending same-suit only. Only Kings fill empty columns. Eight free cells provide temporary storage toward four foundations.

Penguin is a single-deck solitaire invented by David Parlett with a 99.9% win rate. All 52 cards are dealt face-up into seven columns of seven. The first card — the beak — sets the starting rank for all four foundations. Seven flipper cells store cards temporarily. Sequences build down by suit with wraparound ranking.