Solitaire Turn 3 Online Free

Solitaire turn 3 is classic Klondike Solitaire with one rule changed: instead of turning one card at a time from the stock, you turn three, and only the top one of those three can be played. It is the version Windows Solitaire dealt by default for years, which is why many players still think of it as “real” Solitaire. Here you can play solitaire turn 3 online free — a fresh deal in one click, nothing to install and no account.

The game on this page is Klondike Classic, igame9’s own Klondike. It starts on Draw 3 and can switch to Draw 1 at any time, has unlimited undo, moves a card to its best spot when you tap it, and finishes the game for you once every card is face up. Your best score is kept in your browser.

How to play Solitaire Turn 3 Online Free

1. Twenty-eight cards are dealt into seven columns, with only the bottom card of each face up. The other 24 cards form the stock in the top-left corner.
2. Click the stock (or press Space) to turn three cards onto the waste. Only the top card of the waste can be played; the two under it become playable as the ones above them are used.
3. Build the columns down in alternating colours — a red 6 on a black 7, a black 5 on that red 6. You can move a whole correctly built run at once.
4. Move every Ace to the four foundations at the top right as soon as it appears, then build each foundation up in its own suit from Ace to King.
5. Only a King (or a run starting with a King) can go into an empty column. When a face-down card is uncovered, it turns over by itself.
6. When the stock runs out, click the empty stock to turn the waste back over and go through it again — as many times as you like. You win when all 52 cards are on the foundations.

Solitaire Turn 3 Online Free controls

Solitaire Turn 3 Online Free tips & strategy

• Go through the whole stock first. In turn 3, only every third card reaches the top. Turning the stock once without playing shows you which cards you can reach — and which are buried.
• Playing one waste card changes the next pass. Every card you take from the waste shifts which cards land on top next time through, so a card that was stuck can become free.
• Uncover face-down cards before anything else. A move that turns over a hidden card is almost always better than one that only rearranges face-up cards.
• Empty a column only when a King is ready. An empty column that you can’t fill is a wasted move.
• Don’t rush cards to the foundations. Low cards are safe to send home, but a 5 or 6 may still be needed in the columns to hold a 4 or 5 of the other colour.
• Use undo to explore. Undo is unlimited, so try a line, see what it uncovers and step back if it leads nowhere.

Solitaire turn 3 vs. turn 1

The deal, the columns and the foundations are exactly the same in both versions. Only the stock changes — and that one change makes the game much harder.

Switching is safe in the middle of a game — it only changes the next draw — so you can drop to Draw 1 to learn a deal and go back to turn 3 for the real attempt.

How the score works

Klondike Classic uses the familiar standard scoring, and shows your time, moves, score and best score above the table:

The score never drops below zero, and undo takes back exactly the points the move gave. There is no penalty for going through the stock again, so the score rewards progress rather than speed. The clock starts with your first move.

Why turn 3 feels like “real” Solitaire

Klondike has been played with real cards since the 19th century, and different books gave different rules for the stock: some turned one card, some three, some allowed only a few passes. The version most people learned came from the computer. Microsoft Solitaire, which shipped with Windows 3.0 in 1990, dealt Draw Three unless you changed it, and for a generation of office workers and students that was simply what Solitaire was. The game on this page plays by the same rules: three cards at a time, the top one playable, and as many passes through the stock as you need.

Can every turn 3 deal be won?

No. In Klondike some deals cannot be solved however well you play — a card you need can sit under the one it has to go on — and turn 3 loses far more deals than turn 1 because you can’t reach every stock card when you want it. That is part of the challenge: a win in turn 3 is earned. If a game is stuck, press New (or N) for a fresh shuffle; nothing is lost but the deal.

Playing on a phone, tablet or Chromebook

The cards resize to fit the screen, from a phone held upright to a widescreen monitor. On touch screens, tapping a card is the quickest way to play: it goes to a foundation if it can, otherwise to the best column. Drag when you want to put it somewhere specific. On a keyboard, Space draws, U undoes and N deals again. Use the fullscreen button under the game for the biggest cards.