How to Play TriPeaks Solitaire
TriPeaks deals 28 cards into three overlapping peaks on a shared base row of ten, all face up. Play any uncovered card whose rank is one above or one below the top of the waste; Ace wraps around to both King and Two. Flip the stock when stuck. Clear all 28 board cards to win.
The rules, step by step
- 1Deal three peaks of 28 cardsThree peaks of one, two and three cards sit on a shared base row of ten, all face up.
- 2Turn one card to start the wasteOf the 24 cards left over, one is turned face up as the first waste card and the other 23 stay face down as the stock.
- 3Play cards one rank above or belowAny uncovered board card whose rank is adjacent to the top of the waste can be played onto it.
- 4Ace wraps between King and TwoThe rank sequence loops, so Ace connects both ends.
- 5Turn the stock when stuckOne card at a time, and only once — there is no redeal. Each flip resets your streak.
- 6Clear all 28 board cards to winThe stock does not need to be exhausted; the peaks do.
Try it — the rules above, running
New game deals a fresh shuffle, Hint highlights a legal move, and the three-dot menu at the end of the bar holds redo, auto-finish, today’s deal, the keyboard shortcuts and the rule set.
Your statistics
- Played
- 0
- Won
- 0
- Win rate
- 0%
- Streak
- 0
- Best streak
- 0
- Best time
- —
Kept in this browser, on this device only. Abandoning a deal in progress counts as a loss, so the win rate means something.
Today’s deal
Everyone playing TriPeaks Solitaire today gets the same deal. It changes at midnight UTC.
Track the month on the daily challenge page.
Replay a deal
Every deal is a pure function of its number, so deal #20260726 is the same shuffle on any device, any time.
Keyboard
- U / Z
- Undo
- R
- Redo
- H
- Hint
- N
- New deal (asks first)
- F
- Full screen
- Space
- Turn the stock
- Esc
- Deselect, or leave full screen
How is the TriPeaks board laid out?
| Row | Cards | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Peaks (top) | 3 | One card per peak |
| Second row | 6 | Two per peak |
| Third row | 9 | Three per peak |
| Base row | 10 | Shared by all three peaks |
| Stock | 23 | Plus one starter card on the waste |
Which cards can you play?
- Only cards with nothing overlapping them.
- Rank must be exactly one above or one below the waste top.
- Ace plays on King or Two; King accepts Ace or Queen.
- Suit and colour are irrelevant.
How does the scoring work?
Each card in an unbroken run scores ten more than the last: 10, 20, 30, 40 … Flipping a stock card sets the counter back to zero. Long chains are worth many times what the same cards are worth played separately.
How do you win more often?
- Open all three peaks in parallelThe base row is shared, so early moves there help every peak. Once the base thins out, each peak becomes its own problem.
- Take the card that frees twoBoard cards in row three each sit under two cards. Removing the right one exposes two new options; the wrong one exposes none.
- Bank the streak before you flipPoints scale with the length of the run, so squeeze every legal card out of the current waste card before touching the stock.
- Keep an Ace in reserveAces connect Kings and Twos. Playing your last Ace early can leave a King stranded with nothing to accept it.
Common questions about tripeaks solitaire
- How many stock cards do you get in TriPeaks?
- Twenty-four, one of which starts the waste pile — so 23 flips. There is no redeal.
- Do you have to clear the stock to win TriPeaks?
- No. You win by clearing the 28 board cards; leftover stock cards do not matter.
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