TriPeaks Solitaire
TriPeaks is the fastest solitaire to learn: play any uncovered card that is one rank above or below the top of the waste pile, and keep the chain going. Ace wraps around, sitting on both King and Two. Twenty-eight cards in three peaks, twenty-four in the stock, and long unbroken runs are where the points are.
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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
- Peaks
- 3, 28 cards total
- Stock
- 24 cards, one pass
- Move rule
- ±1 rank, Ace wraps
- Invented
- Robert Hogue, 1989
How do you play TriPeaks solitaire?
Three overlapping peaks sit on a shared base row of ten cards. A card is playable once nothing overlaps it. If its rank is exactly one above or one below the card on top of the waste pile, click it and it goes to the waste — and now that card sets the target. Run out of moves and you turn one card from the stock, which resets your streak.
Ranks wrap: an Ace can be played on a King or a Two, and a King accepts an Ace or a Queen. That single rule is why TriPeaks flows so much more freely than golf solitaire, which does not wrap.
How is TriPeaks scored?
By streak. The first card of a run is worth 10, the second 20, the third 30, and so on — so a nine-card chain is worth 450 while nine separate cards are worth 90. Touching the stock resets the counter to zero. The board tracks your best streak of the game alongside the score.
What is the trick to clearing all three peaks?
- Work the peaks evenly. A peak you ignore becomes a wall of three locked cards at the end.
- Prefer the card that uncovers the most new cards, not the card that is easiest to see.
- Count what the stock still owes you. With 24 stock cards and 28 board cards, you cannot afford many wasted flips.
- When two cards are equally playable, take the one from the taller stack.
Where does TriPeaks come from?
Robert Hogue designed TriPeaks in 1989 as a scored, streak-driven variation on golf solitaire, and published win-rate simulations for it. It reached a mass audience through Microsoft Entertainment Pack and later through mobile — the streak scoring is the reason it works so well as a phone game.
How do you get better at tripeaks?
- 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.
TriPeaks Solitaire questions people ask
- Does the Ace wrap in TriPeaks solitaire?
- Yes. An Ace plays on a King or a Two, and a King accepts an Ace or a Queen. The rank sequence is a loop.
- How many cards are in TriPeaks?
- One 52-card deck: 28 on the board in three peaks, 23 in the stock and one turned face up to start the waste.
- Can you undo in TriPeaks solitaire?
- Here, yes — unlimited undo, including undoing a stock flip. Casino-style implementations usually forbid it because the scoring rewards streaks.
- Is TriPeaks the same as Tri Towers?
- Yes. Tri Towers, Three Peaks and Triple Peaks are all the same game under different names.
The rules in six lines
- 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 wasteThe remaining 23 cards are the stock; one is turned face up as the first waste card.
- 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.
The long version, with worked examples and the questions beginners actually ask, is on how to play tripeaks solitaire.
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