Daily Solitaire Challenge
Come back to a new solitaire puzzle each day. The Daily Challenge gives everyone the same Klondike Draw 1 opening, with a winning route checked before the deal is published. Play free in the board above, without a download or an account.
The rules for today’s puzzle
Daily uses one 52-card deck and Klondike Draw 1. The aim is to move every card to the four foundation piles, building each suit from Ace to King.
- Alternate colors in the seven columns. Place a card on one rank higher in the opposite color: a black 6 goes on a red 7.
- Move a card or an ordered group. You can start at any face-up card. All cards below it move with it, and must alternate colors and decrease by one rank at each step.
- Turn over one stock card at a time. Only the top card of the face-up waste pile is available. When the stock is empty, recycle the remaining waste to go through it again.
- Keep empty columns for Kings. A King may enter alone or lead a correctly ordered run. Other ranks cannot start an empty column.
- Uncover the hidden cards. Moving away the cards on top of a face-down card lets it turn over. This is how you reach the cards needed to finish the foundations.
For a fuller introduction to the piles and card order, see how to play Solitaire. The same basic rules apply to this daily game.
When today’s deal changes
A new daily solitaire deal arrives at 00:00 UTC. This is one worldwide changeover, which may fall during your afternoon or evening rather than at your local midnight. The countdown in the Daily panel shows how long remains.
Use the Daily date controls to choose Today or one of the previous seven days. Older puzzles are available for practice; their standings are closed to new attempts.
What if I finish after midnight UTC?
A ranked attempt started before the changeover has a two-hour submission grace period, ending at 02:00 UTC. You can continue that existing attempt while its grace period remains. You cannot start a new ranked attempt for yesterday.
A late win can still reach that date’s standings during the grace period, but it does not extend or repair your daily streak. After the deadline, the older deal is practice.
A winnable opening can still get stuck
The daily deal is checked for a winning sequence from its starting position. That does not mean every legal move will lead to a win. Sending a useful card to a foundation too early, for example, can remove the place another card needed.
If you stall, use Undo to back up to a choice and try the other option. Restart or replay the same Daily deal if you want to begin again; the cards do not change.
Hints are unavailable in Daily Challenge. The ordinary Solitaire game has Hint if you prefer help choosing moves. Daily is the place to work out this shared puzzle yourself.
Compare time or moves
The leaderboard has two views. Best Time compares completed times; Fewest Moves compares the final move counts. A faster finish need not use fewer moves, so a result can have a different place in each list.
When a ranked win is verified, it appears automatically. Guests receive a generated nickname; signed-in players use their account nickname. You can replay today’s deal to improve a result without adding another day to your streak.
My result says it was not saved
The board finishing and the service accepting a ranked result are separate steps. If a connection problem leaves a Retry option, keep the saved game and use that option when you are online again. Check the result panel for confirmation.
Playing an older deal or choosing unranked offline play is practice. It does not create a new leaderboard entry.
One completed day at a time
To extend your streak, win today’s deal before that UTC day ends. Consecutive completed days form a streak; winning the same day again does not add another day. A missed day breaks the run, while your longest streak stays recorded. Older deals and wins completed after their UTC day are practice for streak purposes, so they cannot fill a missed day. Your streak is stored in this browser on this device; an account is not required.
The streak is a record of completed dates, not a measure of how quickly you learn. Missing a day does not stop you playing the next puzzle.
Give your first move a purpose
Before drawing, look for a move that will uncover a face-down card. If two columns can use the same card, compare what each choice would reveal.
Before emptying a column, locate the King that could use it. Before sending a card to a foundation, check whether the next lower card of the opposite color still needs it as a place to land.
You do not have to plan the whole solution. Make one useful change, inspect the new position and reconsider with Undo when needed.
Daily Solitaire questions
Does everyone really get the same cards?
Yes. Players who choose the same date receive the same starting order and Draw 1 rules. If a friend’s opening looks different, compare the dates first. The daily changeover uses UTC, not each player’s local time.
Can I play without making an account?
Yes. You can play as a guest. A verified ranked win appears in the standings with a generated nickname. Signing in lets you use your account nickname; it is not required to start the puzzle.
Can I come back to an unfinished game?
Your position can be saved in this browser when storage is available. Return on the same device and choose the same date to resume. Clearing site data or closing a private browsing session can remove the save. Returning later does not extend the date’s ranking or streak deadlines.
Why did my win not extend my streak?
A date can add only one day to your streak, and its win must be completed during that UTC day. Replaying an already completed date, solving an older puzzle or finishing after midnight UTC does not add a day. A late result may still qualify for the standings during an existing attempt’s submission grace period; that is separate from streak credit.
Where can I play another new deal today?
Open Solitaire Draw 1 for another arrangement, or try Draw 3 to turn over three stock cards at a time. Daily keeps its shared opening for the chosen date; replaying it does not generate a different puzzle.
