Play solitaire free online, then make your own with AI

Solitaire rules in a minute

The aim is to move all 52 cards onto the four piles in the top right, one pile per suit, from Ace up to King.

• The seven columns. You can put a card on one that is one higher and the other colour, such as a red 6 on a black 7. You can move a run of cards together.
• Empty columns. Only a King, or a run starting with a King, can go in an empty column.
• Face-down cards. When you move the last face-up card off a column, the card below turns over.
• The deck. Tap it to turn over one card (Draw 1) or three (Draw 3). Only the top card you turned can be played. When the deck runs out, tap the empty space to turn the pile back over.
• Top right piles. Start each one with an Ace, then add 2, 3, 4 and so on in the same suit. You can take a card back down if you need it.

When every card is face up and the deck is used up, the game finishes itself.

Solitaire tips

• Turn over face-down cards first. A move that uncovers a hidden card is nearly always better than one from the deck.
• Work on the longest columns. They hide the most cards.
• Don't empty a column without a King to put in it. An empty space you can't fill is wasted.
• Don't rush cards to the top right. A low card in the columns can be a useful step for the other colour. Ace and 2 are always safe to send up.
• Use Undo to explore. Try a line, and if it goes nowhere, go back. Not every deal can be won, even by perfect play.

Your own solitaire game

You'll describe it to a free AI assistant, paste what it writes into a file, and open it in your browser. No coding needed, and you can give it your own card backs, colours and rules.

Build it in five steps

Step 1 gives you a table with cards on it, and each step after it adds more. Yours will look a bit different from the one above, because the AI writes its own version each time.

1. Deal the cards

   Copy this prompt into your AI assistant:

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   I don't know how to code. Please make me a Klondike solitaire card game that runs in a web browser.
   
   For this first version:
   - ONE single HTML file (HTML, CSS and JavaScript together), no external libraries, no image files, no internet needed. I will save it and double-click it.
   - A dark green table. Draw the cards with HTML and CSS: white cards with rounded corners, the rank and suit in the top-left corner, and a big suit symbol in the middle. Hearts and diamonds red, spades and clubs black. Face-down cards show a patterned back.
   - Shuffle a 52-card deck and deal it the Klondike way: seven columns with 1 to 7 cards, only the bottom card of each face up, fanned downwards so you can see each card's corner.
   - The rest of the cards go in a face-down deck in the top-left corner, with a space beside it for turned-over cards, and four empty spaces in the top right for the Ace piles.
   - Clicking the deck turns over one card. When the deck is empty, clicking it turns the pile back over.
   - A "New game" button.
   
   Please give me the complete file in one code block, then tell me in simple steps how to save and open it.

   Copy the code, paste it into your text editor and save it as solitaire.html. Double-click it, then click the deck to turn some cards over.

2. Move cards by dragging

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   That works, thank you. Now let me move cards, following the rules:
   - Drag a face-up card with the mouse or a finger (use pointer events so it works on touch screens too). If I drag a card in a column, the cards below it come along.
   - On a column, a card can go on one that is one higher and the other colour. Only a King can go in an empty column.
   - On the Ace piles, start with an Ace, then the same suit going up. Only one card at a time.
   - When I let go, drop the cards on whichever allowed pile they overlap most. If none, slide them back.
   - When the last face-up card leaves a column, turn the card below it face up.
   - Make the cards slide smoothly when they move.
   Send me the complete updated file.

   Always ask for the complete file. Replace everything in solitaire.html, save, and refresh the tab (F5 or Cmd+R).

3. Tap to move, and undo

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   Please add:
   - Tapping or clicking a card (without dragging) moves it to the best place: an Ace pile if it fits, otherwise a column it fits on. If it can't go anywhere, give it a little shake.
   - An "Undo" button that goes back one move at a time, all the way to the start. Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac) does the same.
   - A move counter and a timer that starts on the first move.
   Send me the complete updated file.

4. Add Draw 3 and winning

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   Please add:
   - "Draw 1" and "Draw 3" buttons. In Draw 3, clicking the deck turns over three cards, shown slightly fanned, and only the top one can be played.
   - When every card is face up and the deck is used up, move the rest of the cards onto the Ace piles by themselves, one at a time, lowest first.
   - When all four Ace piles reach the King, show "You won!" with the time and moves, and a "Deal again" button.
   - Remember my best time for Draw 1 and Draw 3 separately in localStorage, and show it next to the timer.
   Send me the complete updated file.

5. Make it work well on a phone

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   Please make it fit any screen:
   - Work out the card width from the table's width so all seven columns always fit, from a small phone to a big monitor (no wider than 100 pixels). Size the corner rank and suit from the card width so they stay readable.
   - If a column gets too long for the screen, squeeze the face-up cards closer together.
   - Re-measure when the window is resized or the phone is turned.
   - Stop the page scrolling while I drag a card on a phone.
   - Save the game in localStorage after every move, so if I close the tab and come back, my game is still there.
   Send me the complete updated file.

   To try it on your phone, put the file online for free with this hosting guide, or email it to yourself and open it there.

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