How to Play Lily Solitaire

Lily challenges you to sort two decks into 13 tableau piles, each building down into one complete King-to-Ace run of alternating colors. Only Kings can fill empty piles, and finished runs can move to the foundations.

Setup

1. Deal 4 cards to each of the 13 tableau piles: the 1st and 3rd cards dealt to a pile are face-down, the 2nd and 4th are face-up
2. Eight foundation piles start empty and only accept a fully completed 13-card run
3. The stock holds the remaining cards; you can deal through it once, with no redeal

How to play

• On the tableau, build piles downward by rank (King down to Ace) with alternating colors (red on black, black on red)
• Move a run together when every card in it is one rank lower and opposite color than the card it covers
• Only a King can fill an empty tableau pile
• When a tableau pile holds a complete, unbroken 13-card run from King to Ace, move the whole run to a foundation
• Click the stock to deal one card onto every tableau pile; you get a single pass through the stock with no redeal

How to win

Objective: Arrange each tableau pile into one complete run of all 13 ranks in descending order with alternating colors; completed runs may then move to the foundations

You win when every tableau pile holds a complete run of all 13 ranks from King to Ace in alternating colors; moving finished runs to the foundations is optional, not required to win. You're stuck when no more moves are available before exhausting the stock.

Tips

• Expose face-down cards by building on tableau piles whenever possible
• Empty tableau columns strategically by moving Kings; only Kings can refill them
• Work toward building complete sequences before moving them to foundations

Play Lily free on Windows

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Related games

More games from the Klondike family:

• Manx — Build complete 13-card runs in descending rank order across four tableau piles, using a single spare cell to help maneuver cards.
• Pantagruel — Pantagruel is a two-deck Klondike variant with nine tableau piles, giving you a bit more room to maneuver while you build in alternating colors and work through a single-pass stock.
• Rouge Forty — Ten tableau piles are dealt four cards deep with only the top card showing, and you dig through them to feed four color-based foundations and four complete-run foundations.
• Single Interchange — A tough single-deck game that keeps every tableau build strictly within one suit, easing the pressure a little with unlimited stock redeals.
• Strata — A compact puzzle using a stripped two-deck set of 64 cards (no ranks below Seven).