Solitaire with big cards, free and easy to see
This is classic Klondike Solitaire with Big cards switched on. The cards are drawn as large as your screen allows, in black and deep red on bright white, with a dark edge around every card so it stands out from the green table. The rank and suit sit in large, heavy print in the corner of each card, so you can read a card even when only its top shows. The buttons are bigger too, and each one says what it does.
It is free, there is nothing to download and nothing to sign up for. Play it on a computer, a tablet or a phone, right here in your browser.
Solitaire for seniors, without the fuss
- Every deal can be won. The computer plays each deal through before you see it, and only deals it has won are dealt. If you get stuck, the way out is still on the table.
- A hint in plain English. Press Hint and it shows a good next move, with one sentence that says why.
- Undo as often as you like. Any move can be taken back, all the way to the start.
- Stop whenever you need to. Your game is saved in this browser, so you can come back to it later.
- One card at a time. The stock turns a single card, the relaxed way to play, and you can go through it as often as you like.
How to make the cards even bigger
On a computer, a larger window gives larger cards. On a tablet, hold it sideways. On a phone held upright, seven columns of cards already fill the width of the screen, so turning the phone sideways gives you more room.
For larger words as well, open Settings at the top of the page and choose a larger text size. Big cards stay on as you try Spider Solitaire, Pyramid Solitaire and Mahjong. To go back to the usual size, press the Big cards button above the table.
How to play
Klondike is played with one pack of 52 cards. The goal is to move every card onto four piles at the top, one for each suit, building each from the Ace up to the King. The full rules, with pictures and tips.
- The columns. Seven columns are dealt, from one card to seven, with only the front card face up. In the columns, cards go down in order and alternate colours: a red 6 on a black 7, a black Jack on a red Queen.
- Moving several cards. A face-up card can move with all the cards on top of it, as long as they stay in order.
- Empty columns take only a King, with any cards on it.
- The stock. When you need a new card, tap the stock to turn one card. When the stock runs out, tap it again to turn the pile over and go through it again, as often as you like.
- The suit piles start with an Ace and take the 2, 3 and so on of the same suit. A card can come back down from them if you need it.
Controls
Tap or click a card and it goes to the best place for it: up to its suit pile when it fits there, otherwise onto a column. You can also drag a card, or a run of cards, where you want it. With a keyboard, Tab moves between the face-up cards and Enter moves one. D turns cards from the stock, H asks for a hint, U undoes and N starts a new deal.
Undo takes back any move, as many times as you like. Hint looks ahead and shows a good next move, with a sentence that says why. Once every card is face up and the stock is used, the last cards go up to their piles by themselves.
Once the rules feel easy, Klondike Solitaire strategy shows which move to make first and how to play the stock in draw 1 and draw 3.
More games in large print
For a gentle puzzle with big tiles, try mahjong for seniors. Every game on this site, with what each one is like, is on our page of free games for seniors.