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FreeCell Hard plays by the classic rules with one free cell fewer — three instead of four. Runs are shorter, since each empty cell carries one card less, and every cell counts: park a card without a plan and you may close your own way out. The deals are the same 32,000 numbered tables as in classic FreeCell, and about 99 in 100 of them can still be won with three cells. Undo and hints stay unlimited, so you can try a line of moves and take it back.
Move all 52 cards to the four foundations, building each suit from Ace up to King. All cards are dealt face up into 8 columns. Move the top card of a column onto a card one rank higher and of the opposite colour, into one of the free cells, into an empty column or onto its foundation. You can carry a whole ordered run when there is room to move it one card at a time. Tap a card to send it to its best place, or drag it; when every column is in order, press Finish.
It has 3 free cells instead of 4. The other rules are the same, but you can carry shorter runs and every parked card matters more.
Not every one: with three cells about 99 in 100 deals can still be won. Undo and hints are unlimited, so you can try another line of moves.
FreeCell is the solitaire you win by thinking, not by luck: all 52 cards are dealt face up into 8 columns, so the whole game is in front of you from the first move. Use the 4 free cells and empty columns to dig out the Aces, build down in alternating colours and send every suit home from Ace to King. Undo and hints are unlimited. Pick a classic table, a gentle Easy deal, FreeCell Hard with only 3 free cells, or the daily evening table that everyone plays. Every table has its number, so you can replay it. FreeCell runs in your browser on a phone or a computer, free, with no download.
FreeCell is about planning, not luck: every card is face up, so each move can be checked before you make it.
New to FreeCell? Start with a classic table. All 52 cards lie face up in 8 columns; above them are 4 free cells on the left and 4 foundations on the right. The plate at the top shows the table's number, the time and your moves.
Play in your browser. No app download is needed.
Almost. Of the 32,000 classic numbered deals only one cannot be won, and this game never deals it.
One card plus one for each empty free cell, doubled for each empty column. With 4 empty free cells and no empty column that is 5 cards.
No. You send a card home with a tap or a drag. Only when every column is in order does the Finish button appear and play the rest.
Original ManyPlay game. Controls and examples were checked against the browser edition; cover illustrations are labelled separately from gameplay captures. Report a changed rule or control.
