Freecell Strategies - How To Win at Freecell

In this video, I show you how to win at freecell using some strategies. This is assuming that you already know how to play the basics of the game.

[@brianew]

I find strategies vary depending on the individual game. The best advice I could ever give is to TRY and look 3 or 4 moves ahead before each move.

[@whereisyourfaith1454]

Fantastic! I had given up ever not getting hopelessly stuck in this game after trying over and over countless times, but after I watched this video I tried again and won first time out! Thanks. :- )

[@LarryPeteet]

Thanks in 2020. Excellent, I did most of those things but got lazy and didn't follow all the rules each time. Thanks for putting this out!

[@MsGuernseyGirl]

The part that confuses me is your ability to move whole stacks of cards at a time. In all of the freecell games I've played you can (technically) only move one card at a time, so when you're moving a stack, it can only be one more than the number of free cells you have available (i.e. moving a stack is a quick way of moving those cards into the freecells and then to their new placement). So, at one point, you're moving a stack of five cards, even though you only have three free cells. No game I've ever played would have let me move more than a stack of four cards at that point (which would equate to moving them individually into the free cell spaces, and then move them to their new place from there.

[@reubenjoseph7228]

If one of your column is free then it will let you move double of the free cells available

[@michaellarkin7693]

Thanks. I found these few simple strategies pretty good.

[@SladeBarker]

Cale GP, suggestions to make this better. 1. SPEED UP THE RULES -- BUT SLOW DOWN THE GAME. You spend a lot of time slowly laying out your rules, TOO slowly for me, because I figured that stuff out pretty quickly. What matters to me, & I suspect most people, is HOW you use that strategy. But then, when you get into the game, you speed up. You make plays SO FAST that it's very hard to follow what you're doing. All of a sudden, cards are flying every which way -- and I defy anyone to follow what you're doing. 2. FIND A HARDER GAME. The games that are real killers are the ones that seem unwinnable, where these rules don't seem to apply. You just don't see "free moves." You can't find a way to achieve anything without putting two -- or even three -- cards up in the four cells at the top. THAT'S what I'd like to see you beat. It has been demonstrated that every Freecell hand is winnable. It sure doesn't seem that way! I'd like to see you show us how you win one of the really tough hands. It takes more than these four principles, no?

[@sgib199]

I know your comment is very old...but there are most definitely non-winnable deals: 11982, 146692, 186216, 455889, 495505, 512118, 517776 and 781948

[@user-lh4fk2zv2l]

There are numbers that have a difficult decision. For example, 17683 was recently. Perhaps the best option is to solve these the first time.... Don't touch anything at first. Look. Think very carefully about all the paths. This can sometimes take several hours! The further you can see, the better. And only then start moving the cards, especially if you are confident in the right choice. It is also important not to make mistakes once the path is found. This approach is best if you play for the number of wins in a row.

[@Mona-fd5kf]

It works. Thank you I'm winning every game so far. Thanks for the tips.

[@jromofo]

this was good so I gave it a like, but it would have been nice if you played one or two more games.

[@fomalhaut5]

You made this harder than it needed to be by packing a long series of cards in column 2 early, covering three small cards.

[@Mona-fd5kf]

Thank you for sharing. Now to put all this to the test.

[@mohamedmarzouq]

i flippin' won my first freecell game off of this! thanks man

[@AB-bm2ip]

i make the game more challenging by trying to solve only the expert level card sets and never use the ability to put an ace or any other number up on the right, just letting them jump there automatically only. then consider a win if can accomplish this 3 times in a row. expert level card sets are considered solvable with the default rules, but this self-imposed limitation probably means a few would not be and this makes getting 3 in a row particularly difficult. Sometimes I play for many hours before I can do it. You definitely learn strategy playing this way. This will also ruin your statistics, but who is to know :)

[@trinkCOKEorDIE]

Free moves can backfire as they may force you to move around large chunks of cards later on

[@tinatulips6667]

Thanks for your help. 😁 I have 2 question. Does a low score win or does the high score win. And what is a good score? Thanks, Tina from WI.

[@virginiav1000]

Tengo un juego que me tiene bloqueado los free moves. Es de experto. Que hago?

[@ShadowOfADoubt9]

I can figure this game out. I can play all the other card games!

[@reyasem]

Wait, why you couldn't move that King at the end?

[@meganwoehl5277]

How did you move the large stack with the queen onto the king? I thought you can only move a maximum of 5 cards at a time...

[@swietytomasz]

free collumn spaces also count and are automatically used to move stacks

[@gloworm4u]

why couldn't he move the king towards the end?

[@JimmyLundberg]

He had 1 free cells too few to be able to make that move.

[@thomasK411]

I have yet to win a game at freecell. I loose miserably everytime

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

3 6s under the Ace of Spades. 😮

[@jenjones6690]

can i get help with game 26827 please

[@brianew]

I just played that game. It was so easy. Does it start from left to right: 7,10,2,Q A(with another A on top of it), 7, K, 5 on the bottom, all red but the 7?

[@Gun_Molester]

never watched your video...im currently at 138 games won in a row

[@brianew]

Here's a tip: It's always better to have a free cell on the columns than on the top.

[@FatimaSacrifice]

Free the smallest card

[@elainegerman9008]

Yr

[@mama40303]

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[@billytoit]

do #15512

[@brianew]

I just did. Took me three tries, but I won.

[@melihcc]

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[@dianeallen5803]

Typing each strategy is very slow and unnecessary.

[@mama40303]

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[@reyasem]

Type down the whole tips BEFORE recording the video. That's like common sense or something.