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Yukon Solitaire Online
Yukon puts all 52 cards into seven columns, with no stock to draw from. Some cards begin face down, but any face-up card can carry every card below it. Build four foundations from Ace to King by suit.
Yukon rules: carry the packet, match its first card
- Tableau: place a card one rank lower and the opposite color onto an exposed column end.
- Packets: select any face-up card and carry all cards below it. Those carried cards do not need to form a sequence.
- Empty columns: only a King or a packet starting with a King can enter.
- Reveal cards: removing the face-up portion of a column turns its next hidden card over.
- Foundations: move single exposed cards in suit order, starting with Aces. A card with others below it cannot go to a foundation yet.
Work through three Yukon packet moves
These simplified positions illustrate decisions in this game; they are not your current deal.
1. An untidy packet can still be a legal move
The Queen determines whether the destination is legal. Its black color fits the red King. A black King would reject this move. You could also select just the 9 and move it onto an exposed red 10, leaving the Queen and 5 behind.
2. Move a King packet to turn over a hidden card
The 4 and 7 do not need to be ordered below the King. They also do not disappear from the problem: you will need destinations for them if you later want to move the King alone. Suppose the newly revealed card is a 2 of Spades. It can go to a Spade foundation only if that foundation already contains its Ace.
3. Carry the blockers away instead of selecting the Ace
One column ends with an Ace of Hearts, a 9 of Clubs, and a 4 of Diamonds, all face up. An exposed 10 of Hearts is available in another column, and the Heart foundation is empty.
- Select the 9 of Clubs. It carries the 4 of Diamonds along, even though 9–4 is unordered.
- Move that packet onto the 10 of Hearts: the first card is one rank lower and the opposite color.
- The Ace of Hearts is now exposed on its own and can start the foundation.
Selecting the Ace first would pick up all three cards, so it could not go to a foundation. The useful selection is often the card immediately below the one you want to release.
Plan where the carried cards will go
Use packet moves to reach hidden cards, then plan how to separate what you carried. In the example, moving the packet may reveal a new card at its old column, but the 5 and 9 still need useful destinations later.
Before clearing a column, locate a face-up King that can use it. Without a King, the empty space cannot accept a lower card. There is no stock to introduce another destination, so work through the visible alternatives before deciding you are stuck.
Common questions
Why can I move a disordered packet but not one card from its middle?
Yukon carries everything below the selected card. It does not let you lift a single buried card out of a column. To free that card alone, move the cards below it away first.
Does a King anywhere in the packet let it fill an empty column?
No. The selected first card must be the King. A packet beginning with a Queen cannot enter an empty column merely because a King appears farther down it.
Why will an exposed low card not go to its foundation?
The next rank of that exact suit must be ready. An exposed 3 of Hearts needs the 2 of Hearts already on the foundation. Being face up is necessary for access, but it does not skip the foundation order.
Selecting the right part of a Yukon column
Click the visible rank strip of the first card you intend to carry. Clicking a lower card selects a smaller packet. A successful selection is outlined, and the message below the board asks for a destination. Check that outline before choosing the destination, especially when cards overlap closely.
- Click or tap a card, then its destination. For a packet, select the first card you want to carry. Select it again to cancel. The message below the board explains the current selection or move.
- Undo reverses your last action. Hint highlights a legal action and describes it below the board; it does not calculate a complete winning route.
- New starts a fresh shuffle. Daily starts this game's dated challenge. Both replace the current board.
- Full Screen gives the board more room. On a narrow screen, scroll sideways inside the board to reach all its piles.
Compare related games
Russian Solitaire keeps this packet movement but changes the destination rule to the same suit. Scorpion combines flexible packets with completed King-to-Ace runs. Return to Klondike for ordered sequences and a stock.