Yukon Solitaire
Like Klondike, but with no stock: every card is dealt, and you can move any face-up card with everything on top of it.
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Learn the game
Rules
Yukon uses one 52-card deck, all dealt into seven columns. The first column has one card face up. The other six have 1 to 6 face-down cards with five face-up cards on top, so the columns hold 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 cards. There is no stock and no waste.
The goal is to move every card to the four foundations, one per suit, from Ace up to King.
- Build columns down in alternating colors: a red 9 on a black 10.
- Any face-up card can move together with all the cards on top of it, even when those cards are not in order. Only the card you pick up has to fit.
- Only a King, with whatever is on it, can go into an empty column.
- A face-down card turns face up when the cards above it are moved away.
- The top card of a foundation can come back to a column if it fits there.
How to play here
Drag a card to move it with everything on top of it, or tap it: a tap sends a top card to its foundation if it can go there, else the card and its group to a column where it fits.
Undo takes back as many moves as you like. Hint shows a move from a winning line our solver found. Finish plays the rest once every card is face up.
Tips
Most of the cards start face down in the right-hand columns, and those columns are where Yukon is won or lost.
- Work on the longest column first: the right-hand column hides six cards.
- Because a group does not need to be in order, you can lift a card buried under others to reach the face-down card below it.
- Do not empty a column unless you have a King ready to go into it.
- Send cards to the foundations when no column still needs them as a place to build.
By the numbers
We dealt the first 1,610 Yukon deals from our shuffle and ran our solver on each, a guided search (most promising position first) of up to 60,000 positions. It won 1,000 of them (62.1 %); those are the deals you play here, sorted into easy, medium and hard thirds by how often a simple, casual way of playing wins them.
The other 610 may still be winnable: the solver gives up when it reaches its limit, so the true share of winnable deals is at least 62.1 %.
The full table for every game, and how we made it, is on our solitaire odds page.
Questions
How is Yukon different from Klondike?
Yukon has no stock: all 52 cards are on the table from the start. And you can move any face-up card together with the cards on top of it, in order or not. In Klondike only ordered runs move.
Can every Yukon deal be won?
Not every shuffle can be won. Every deal on this site can: our solver won each one before it was added, knowing where the face-down cards are.
Are some deals easier than others?
Yes. We grade every deal by how hard it is to finish: card deals by how often a simple, casual way of playing wins them, Minesweeper boards by how many tricky steps they need. New players start with easy deals; two wins in a row bring harder ones, two unfinished deals easier ones. You can also pick a level yourself under Settings.
Is Cards & Puzzles free?
Yes. Cards & Puzzles is free to use and needs no account.
Do I need an account?
No. Open a game and play.
Where are my stats and saved games kept?
In your browser, on this device. Your stats stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Clearing your browser's site data deletes them.
Can I play offline?
Yes. After your first visit the games work without a connection, including on a phone.
What is the daily deal?
One deal per game each day, the same for everyone. Your stats show which daily deals you have won.