Yukon Solitaire

How to play

1. Yukon is played with one deck of 52 cards, all dealt into seven columns. The first column has one face-up card. Columns two to seven have one to six face-down cards with five face-up cards on top.
2. There is no stockpile and no waste pile.
3. On the four foundations you build each suit in ascending order, from ace to king.
4. In the columns you build down in alternating colors: a red 6 goes on a black 7, a black 5 on a red 6.
5. You may move any face-up card to another column if it fits, together with all cards on top of it, even if those cards are not in sequence.
6. When the last face-up card is moved off a column, the face-down card below it turns face up.
7. Only a king can go into an empty column, again together with any cards on top of it.
8. You win when all 52 cards are on the foundations.

Tips and tricks

• Turning over face-down cards is the top priority. The columns on the right hide the most cards, so start working on those early.
• Use the group move to reach buried cards, but check what you cover. Moving a big group onto a column can block a card you need later.
• Move aces and 2s to the foundations right away. Be more careful with higher cards, as you may still need them to hold a red or black card in the columns.
• Keep an empty column for a king that has a long group on top of it. That can free several cards in one move.
• Try to keep at least one card of each color available in the middle ranks. That gives you more places to move groups to.
• Stuck? Use the hint button or undo a few moves. In Yukon a different first move often changes the whole game.

About Yukon Solitaire

Yukon solitaire is named after the Yukon territory in Canada, home of the Klondike gold rush that gave the most famous solitaire its name. The two games look alike: seven columns, four foundations and runs in alternating colors. The difference is in how you move cards, and that makes Yukon feel very different to play.

In Yukon all 52 cards are dealt at the start. The first column has one card, the other six columns have six to eleven cards, with the top five cards of each face up. There is no stockpile, so everything you need is already on the table. Your goal is to move all cards to the four foundations, from ace to king in each suit.

The key rule: you may move any face-up card, even if the cards on top of it are not in order. The whole group moves with it. This means you can dig deep into a column to free a card you need, but it also makes it easy to bury cards. Good Yukon players think several moves ahead.

Our Yukon solitaire works on phone, tablet and computer. Drag a card or tap it to move it to the best spot. There is a daily deal, unlimited undo, a hint button and statistics. When every card is face up and in order, the Finish button moves all cards to the foundations for you.