The carpet is twenty open slots
Every occupied carpet slot contains one available card. Sending that card to foundation creates a space, but the space can be refilled only with the current waste card, not with another carpet card.
Carpet Solitaire
Move all 52 cards to the four suited foundations from Ace through King.
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How to play
Move all 52 cards to the four suited foundations from Ace through King.
- Four Aces begin the foundations and twenty face-up cards form the carpet.
- Move any carpet card or the waste card to its suited foundation when it is next in rank.
- Deal one stock card at a time; only waste cards may fill empty carpet spaces, and there is no redeal.
Strategy tips
- Send legal carpet cards to foundation promptly to create storage spaces.
- Reserve empty spaces for waste cards that will become playable soon.
- Leave distant high ranks on the waste when possible instead of filling the carpet too early.
Complete guide
Rules, scoring, and strategy
Carpet Solitaire removes the four Aces as starting foundations, lays twenty single cards in a four-by-five carpet, and keeps the other 28 cards in a one-pass stock feeding a waste pile.
Foundations build by suit
The four Aces are already placed. Add each suit's Two through King in sequence; cards may come from any carpet slot or from the exposed top of the waste.
The stock has one pass
Deal one card at a time onto the waste whenever desired. There is no redeal, and only the waste top is available, so a useful card can become buried if it is not played or parked in the carpet.
Treat spaces as short-term storage
Foundation moves from the carpet create the only storage openings. Fill them with waste cards whose suited predecessors are close to playable, while leaving distant high ranks on the waste when another option exists.
Questions players ask
Can one carpet card move to another slot?
No. Carpet cards move only to foundations; an empty carpet slot may be filled only from the waste.
Are the Aces in the stock?
No. All four Aces begin on their matching foundations before the carpet and stock are formed.
Is there a second pass through the stock?
No. Carpet uses a single stock pass with no redeal.
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