#beginner-friendly

Baker's Dozen is a solitaire game with a 75% win rate, played with one 52-card deck dealt into 13 columns of four cards each, all face-up. Players build four foundation piles from Ace to King by suit, moving only the bottom card of each column. Kings are relocated to column bottoms during the deal.

Busy Aces is a two-deck solitaire game with a 65% win rate, played with 104 cards. Twelve tableau piles each start with one card, and eight foundation piles build up by suit from Ace to King. Players draw from the stock to a waste pile, building tableau piles down by suit with no redeal permitted.

Carpet is a solitaire game with a 55% win rate, played with one 52-card deck. The four Aces are removed before play and placed on foundations. Twenty cards form a face-up 4x5 grid called the carpet. Carpet cards move to foundations when they fit, and gaps refill from the stock.

Clock is a fully luck-based solitaire game with a 7.7% win rate, played with one 52-card deck. Cards are dealt face-down into 13 piles arranged like a clock face with one center pile. Players flip cards and move them to their matching clock position, winning only if the fourth King turns up last.

Golf is a fast-paced solitaire card game with only a 3% win rate where 35 cards are dealt into seven columns of five overlapping cards each. Players clear the tableau by moving exposed cards to a single foundation pile, building up or down regardless of suit. The remaining 17 cards serve as a stock pile.

Klondike is the most widely recognized solitaire card game, played with a single 52-card deck. Approximately 82% of deals are winnable with optimal play. Cards are dealt into seven tableau columns of increasing length. The objective is to build four foundation piles from Ace to King by suit, moving cards between columns.

Sir Tommy is one of the oldest recorded patience games, played with one 52-card deck and a 45% win rate. Cards deal one at a time onto one of four tableau waste piles. Foundations build Ace to King regardless of suit. Cards cannot move between piles and no redeal is allowed, making every placement permanent.

TriPeaks is a single-deck solitaire game with a 55% win rate where 28 cards form three overlapping pyramid peaks above a row of face-up cards. Players clear peaks by moving cards one rank higher or lower than the waste pile top card, drawing from stock when stuck. The goal is to clear all tableau cards.