How to Play Putt Putt Solitaire

A single-foundation game where you build up or down by rank, and the run wraps from King back to Ace so you're rarely stuck for long. The goal: Clear the tableau by moving all cards to the single foundation, ending when you run out of legal moves or empty the tableau.

Setup

1. One foundation pile is started with the first dealt card (any card can start)
2. Seven tableau piles are each dealt 5 cards face-up
3. Remaining cards form the stock (16 cards)

How to play

• On the foundation, you can place a card one rank higher OR one rank lower than the top card (King and Ace wrap into each other)
• Any suit is allowed on the foundation
• Only top cards of tableau piles can be moved to the foundation
• Tableau piles cannot be built upon and cannot be filled when empty
• Click the stock to deal one card at a time onto the foundation (one pass only, no redeal)
• You can deal from the stock at any time—you don't have to exhaust tableau moves first
• Cards that can be played to the foundation move there automatically (you can change this in Settings)

How to win

Objective: Clear the tableau by moving all cards to the single foundation, ending when you run out of legal moves or empty the tableau.

You win by clearing all 7 tableau piles onto the foundation—leftover stock cards don't need to be played. You're stuck when no top card can legally play to the foundation.

Tips

• Use both directions (up and down) on the foundation to keep sequences going
• Plan tableau moves carefully since the foundation has limited card selection
• Don't rely too heavily on the stock draw—focus on exhausting tableau options first

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Related games

More games from the Golf family:

• Up and Up — A relaxed solitaire variant where you try to use up the entire stock by building ascending sequences in the tableau.
• Ants — Move all cards to four foundation piles by building up or down in any suit.
• Black Hole — One card (the Ace of Hearts) starts a single wrapping foundation.
• Eliminator — A Golf-style challenge with six foundation piles that build up or down regardless of suit, wrapping from King to Ace.
• Lincoln Greens — Lincoln Greens is a demanding tableau-clearing game using four decks where you build a single foundation pile that wraps around in rank, while carefully managing a large tableau.