How to Play Wildflower Solitaire

Everything is dealt face up at the start, and a leftover pile of cards sits ready to feed new plays. This variant loosens the rules further by letting same-suit runs travel together between piles.

Setup

1. Six tableau piles (called Flower Beds) are dealt six cards each, all face up
2. The 16 leftover cards form the bouquet pile, face up; only its top card is available to play
3. Four foundation piles start empty—an Ace placed there begins each one

How to play

• Play cards directly from the Flower Beds or the bouquet to the foundations
• In the Flower Beds, build downward regardless of suit (a 6 on a 7)
• Build matching-suit sequences together—these can move as a group to another Flower Bed
• Any card or sequence can fill an empty Flower Bed
• Cards that can no longer be built on in the Flower Beds automatically move to the foundations—you can change this in the settings if you prefer
• You can't place cards back onto the bouquet—just keep playing its top card as it becomes available

How to win

Objective: Move every card to the four foundation piles, building each from Ace to King in the same suit.

You win when all cards are in the foundations. You're stuck when no more moves are possible.

Tips

• Since all cards are visible from the start, plan your entire sequence of moves
• Matching-suit sequences are flexible—use them to expose cards buried deeper in piles
• Watch the bouquet's top card for foundation and Flower Bed opportunities, since you only get one shot at each card as it's exposed

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Related games

More games from the Fan family:

• Bear River — This tableau is split into three sections, each with its own small 'hole' pile that acts as a landing spot for any card.
• Flower Garden — A classic game where all the cards are dealt face-up from the start, though only the top card of the Bouquet reserve is ever in play.
• Phoenix — Phoenix is a variant of Arizona where the tableau builds in alternating colors and the leftover cards form a reserve pile you play from one card at a time.