Klondike Solitaire Turn One (Draw 1)
In Solitaire Turn One, each tap on the face-down stock reveals a single card. You can consider that card before drawing the next, without working through a group of three. It is also called Draw 1 or one-card Solitaire.
Play free above, with unlimited stock passes, Hint and Undo. The aim is to move all 52 cards to the four foundation piles, building each suit from Ace to King.
How to play Solitaire Turn One
The seven columns are your main playing area. The face-down pile is the stock; the face-up pile beside it is the waste. Only the top waste card is ready to play.
- Build down in alternating colors. Put a red 7 on a black 8, for example. A correctly arranged face-up run can move together.
- Reveal the hidden cards. Moving the face-up cards off a column exposes its next face-down card, which turns over automatically.
- Use Aces to start the foundations. Follow with the 2, then the 3, continuing in the same suit up to the King.
- Draw when you need another option. Tap the stock to reveal one card. Play it onto a suitable column or foundation, or draw again if you cannot use it.
Only a King, or an ordered run starting with a King, can fill an empty column. You do not have to fill a space as soon as it opens.
What is in the starting deal?
One standard deck is used, without Jokers. The seven columns contain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 cards. The bottom card of each column is face up; the other 21 column cards are face down. The remaining 24 cards form the stock.
Going through the stock again
There is no limit on stock passes here. After you draw the last card, tap the empty stock outline to turn the waste back over. That tap also reveals the first card of the next pass.
The remaining cards keep their order. Cards you already played stay on the board. Passing through the stock again does not shuffle it or uncover a different deal.
A later pass becomes useful when the columns have changed. If you reveal a black 8 in a column, for instance, a red 7 you could not use earlier may now have a home.
If you make a complete pass without moving anything, pause before repeating it. Look for a move in the columns or use Undo to reconsider an earlier choice.
Make each move open something useful
- Look beneath the move. When two similar cards can move, compare what each uncovers. Revealing a face-down card gives you information you did not have before.
- Think ahead before placing a King. A red King needs a black Queen next; a black King needs a red Queen. Choose the space that helps a run you can actually build.
- Keep a useful stepping stone. Moving a card to a foundation may remove a place where another card could land. Check whether you still need it in a column before sending it up.
You can see every stock card during a pass, but you cannot select a covered waste card. Play the cards above it, or continue through the stock until it comes around again.
For the complete rules and more examples, read how to play Solitaire.
Take your time with the controls
You can drag a card, or select it and then select its destination. Hint points out a possible move; it does not promise a winning solution. Undo takes back your last action, including a stock draw.
The deal label tells you what you are playing. Verified means a winning path has been checked from the start. Random deals are unfiltered and may have no solution. Open the deal selector if you want to change that choice.
Restart lets you try the same deal again. New Game deals a different layout. Returning from these instructions to the board does neither.
Where is my game saved?
This page and the main Solitaire page share a saved Klondike game in this browser. This page opens it in Draw 1 mode. Local progress is restored when storage is available; clearing browser site data removes it. Do not rely on a private browsing window to keep a game after you close it.
Turn One or Turn Three?
Turn One gives you a chance to use each stock card as it appears. In Turn Three, the stock reveals a group of three and only its top card can be played. Removing that card lets you reach the next one in the group.
Choose Turn One if you prefer to consider one new card at a time. When you want to plan around groups of cards, try Solitaire Turn Three. The columns and foundations follow the same rules.
The Draw 1 and Draw 3 guide explains the difference in more detail.
How often do players finish Draw 1?
Our recorded Draw 1 completion rate is 37.0%, from 138,759 eligible game starts during Jul 15–Aug 3, 2026. Draw 3 recorded 38.0% over the same period.
These are results from people choosing and playing their own games. They do not tell you whether your deal is solvable, predict your result, or prove that one draw mode causes more wins.
About these results
The Draw 1 confidence interval is 36.7–37.2%. The figures use dataset win-rates-v2-2026-08-05. See the win-rate methodology for eligibility rules, sample sizes and the limits of this comparison.
Questions about one-card Solitaire
Are Draw 1 and Turn One the same Solitaire game?
Yes. Draw 1, Draw One, Turn One and one-card Solitaire refer to the way Klondike deals cards from the stock: one card with each tap. The name alone does not specify how many stock passes a website allows.
Why can I see two cards beside the stock?
The game leaves part of the previous waste card visible behind the newest card. Only the top card can be selected. If you play it, the card underneath becomes available again.
Is there a penalty for going through the stock again?
This Draw 1 game allows unlimited passes without deducting points for recycling the stock. It does not reshuffle the remaining cards or start a new deal.
Can every Draw 1 deal be won?
Not every random deal has a solution. On this site, a deal marked Verified has been checked for a winning path from the starting position. That does not make every move safe: you can still reach a dead end and need Undo or Restart.
Does this page have a separate saved game?
It shares the main Solitaire page’s saved Klondike game in this browser and opens it in Draw 1 mode. When browser storage is available, returning here restores your position. Clearing site data removes that local save.
Can I play without dragging the cards?
Yes. Select an exposed card, then select a legal destination. You can use this on a phone, tablet or computer. Hint shows a suggested move, and Undo lets you take back a move you want to reconsider.
Go back to your next card
Check the columns first, then reveal one stock card. You can leave a card for a later pass if you cannot use it yet.
