How to Play Ten Across Solitaire

A tableau where every pile mixes face-down and face-up cards, plus two temporary cells where you can park single cards. Build by suit in the tableau while moving cards in and out of cells to set up foundation sequences.

Setup

1. Deal cards across 10 tableau piles, each with its own mix of face-down and face-up cards
2. Two cells start with one card each and can hold single cards as needed
3. Four foundation piles are ready to receive Aces as they appear

How to play

• Build tableau piles down by rank (one lower) in the same suit
• Move any group of face-up cards together, even if they aren't in sequence—only the bottom card of the group has to fit where it lands
• Move cards to empty cells to free up blocked cards in the tableau
• Play cards from cells to the tableau or directly to the foundations when they fit
• Only Kings can be placed in empty tableau piles
• Qualifying cards move automatically to the foundations once they can't build on the tableau; you can change this behavior in Settings

How to win

Objective: Move every card to four foundation piles built by suit from Ace to King.

All 52 cards are on the four foundation piles. You're stuck if cards remain that can't be moved or freed.

Tips

• Use cells strategically to uncover buried cards in the tableau
• Save cell spaces for critical moves—don't waste them on cards you can move elsewhere
• Watch for early opportunities to start foundation sequences with Aces

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Related games

More games from the Yukon family:

• Tvete's Grandfather — This tough one-deck game deals every card straight into seven uneven tableau piles, some far deeper than others.
• Ukrainian — Ukrainian only lets you send a full run of 13 cards, Ace to King in one suit, to the foundations at once, so you'll need to build the whole sequence in the tableau before it counts.
• Yakutat Bay — A Yukon variant with the same seven-pile layout and the same freedom to move face-up cards as a group regardless of their order.
• Yukon One Suit — A relaxing variant that combines the Spades from four decks into one 52-card deck.
• Ace of Hearts — A single-foundation puzzle: all 52 cards must land on one pile starting with the Ace of Spades.