Yukon Solitaire
How to play Yukon
Yukon is a one-deck solitaire game with Klondike's seven piles but no stock: all 52 cards are dealt to the piles at the start, and any face-up card can be moved together with every card lying on it.
One deck dealt into seven piles built down in alternating colours, where any face-up card moves with every card lying on it.
The goal of Yukon
Move all 52 cards onto the four foundations, one for each suit, building each from Ace up to King.
How to set up Yukon
Yukon is played with one standard deck, and all 52 cards are dealt into seven tableau piles. The first pile is a single face-up card. The other six hold one to six face-down cards with five face-up cards on top, so 21 cards start face down and there is no stock.
Yukon rules
Tableau piles build down one rank at a time in alternating colours: a red Seven goes on a black Eight. Any face-up card can move onto a pile whose top card it builds on, and every card lying on it moves with it, whether or not those cards are in order.
Only a King can fill an empty pile, together with any cards lying on it. When a move leaves a face-down card on top of its pile, that card is turned face up.
Each foundation builds up by suit from the Ace to the King. A card on a foundation never comes back into play.
Click a card to play it: a top card goes to its foundation if it fits, otherwise the card and everything on it go onto the first pile it builds on, and a King into the first empty pile. Drag a card to choose where it goes yourself. With Autoplay off in Settings, only a drag moves a card.
How to win at Yukon
You win when all 52 cards are on the foundations. Once no card is face down and every pile is in descending order, Auto complete, on by default in Settings, moves the remaining cards up for you. The game is stuck when no card can move.
Yukon strategy tips
Of the 21 face-down cards, six lie under the last pile and only one under the second. Work on the right-hand piles early, since every card hidden there waits until the five face-up cards on top have moved.
A card does not have to be on top of its pile to move. If the card you need is buried, move the card lying directly on it, and everything above goes along.
In Yukon a card below a King has only two cards it can go on, the two of the other colour one rank higher. When both of them are face down or deep in a pile, free one before you need it.
Only a King can go into an empty pile, so empty one when a King is ready to move into it, best of all a King with face-down cards under it.
Yukon questions and answers
How do you play Yukon solitaire?
Deal one deck into seven piles: a single card in the first, and one to six face-down cards under five face-up cards in each of the others. Build the piles down in alternating colours, moving any face-up card with every card lying on it, and fill an empty pile only with a King. You win when all 52 cards are on the four foundations, built up by suit from Ace to King.
What is the difference between Yukon and Klondike?
Both deal seven piles, build them down in alternating colours and fill an empty pile only with a King. Klondike keeps 24 cards back as a stock, while Yukon deals every card to the piles, with five face up on each pile after the first, and lets any face-up card move with whatever lies on it, in order or not.
Can you move a card that is not on top in Yukon?
Yes. Any face-up card can move, as long as it builds on the pile it goes to, and every card lying on it goes along in whatever order they are. A face-down card cannot move until it is turned face up.
Is there a stock in Yukon?
No. All 52 cards are dealt to the seven piles at the start, so every move is made on the table, and nothing new comes into play except the face-down cards as they are turned up.
Can every Yukon deal be won?
No. Tested on 100 shuffled Yukon deals, the game's solver proved 85 winnable and 2 lost in the search a hint gets, and could not settle the other 13. Switch on Winnable in the menu beside New deal and each new board comes from a list of 500 deals the solver has already proved can be won. The Hint button asks the same solver for a winning line before it suggests a move.
Is there a daily Yukon game?
Yes. Yukon has a daily board, the same deal for everyone that day, dealt the way a Winnable board is. You need to be logged in to play it.