How to Play Double Fourteens Solitaire

Clear the board by removing pairs of cards that add up to 14. With two decks, you'll have plenty of opportunities to make matching pairs.

Setup

1. All cards are dealt face-up across 18 tableau columns—some columns have more cards than others
2. Cards that have nothing on top of them are available to pair
3. There's no stock or redeal in this game—just the tableau to work with

How to play

• Identify pairs of uncovered cards whose values add up to 14 (Ace = 1, Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = 13)
• Drag one card onto its partner to remove both cards from the board
• When a card becomes uncovered after removing others, you can now pair it with its complement
• Keep pairing until you've removed all cards or get stuck
• Empty spaces cannot be refilled—once a column is empty, it stays empty

How to win

Objective: Remove all 104 cards by pairing them so each pair totals 14

You win when all cards are removed. You lose if uncovered cards have no pairs adding to 14.

Tips

• Plan several moves ahead—removing one pair might uncover cards that let you remove multiple others
• Watch for pairs that are buried—exposing them might open up the board
• With two decks, most cards have a partner somewhere, so look carefully

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Related games

More games from the Pairing family:

• Eighteens — This pairing game asks you to clear the board by dragging together any two uncovered cards that add up to 18.
• Fifteen Rush — A pairing game where you remove pairs of cards that either sum to 15 (with Ace counting as 1) or match the same rank, plus traditional solitaire foundations.
• Fifteens — A quick game where you clear a 4x4 grid of cards by pairing cards that add up to 15, or by building runs on the four foundation piles.
• Fourteen Out — Remove cards in pairs that add up to 14, working with a fixed layout of 12 tableau piles where only top cards are available.
• Friday — Clear the board by matching cards that add up to 13 or discarding lone Kings, dealt across two differently-sized tableau sections fed by a hidden stock.