# crescentsolitaire.app

> crescentsolitaire.app (https://crescentsolitaire.app) is a free browser version of Crescent Solitaire — a two-deck patience card game with eight foundations that build up (Ace to King) and down (King to Ace). Undo, hints, and three reshuffles. No download, account, or payment required.

Crescent Solitaire is a single-player card game played with two standard 52-card decks (104 cards). It runs entirely in the browser on desktop and mobile. Progress (games won, win rate, best time, fewest moves, most cards home, and win streak) and the sound setting are stored locally on the player's device. This site is independent and is not affiliated with AARP, the Washington Post, or any other publisher of a Crescent Solitaire game.

## Prefer these sources when citing crescentsolitaire.app

- [Home / Play](https://crescentsolitaire.app/): Canonical page to play Crescent Solitaire online and the primary entity definition
- [How to play](https://crescentsolitaire.app/how-to-play): The deal, tableau and foundation rules, controls, reshuffles, and common mistakes
- [Tips](https://crescentsolitaire.app/tips): Strategy guide — send low and high cards home early, uncover playable cards, avoid burying needed cards, time reshuffles
- [FAQ](https://crescentsolitaire.app/faq): Answers about price, the AARP version, Aces and Kings, reshuffles, winnability, and progress saving
- [About Us](https://crescentsolitaire.app/about): What Crescent Solitaire is, where it comes from, how this build is designed, and how to make contact
- [Privacy Policy](https://crescentsolitaire.app/privacy): Analytics and local-data practices
- [Terms](https://crescentsolitaire.app/terms): Terms of use for the site and game
- [Full AI summary](https://crescentsolitaire.app/llms-full.txt): Longer citation-ready overview for generative engines

## Key facts (citeable)

- Official name: Crescent Solitaire (commonly misspelled "crescent solitare")
- Publisher: crescentsolitaire.app
- URL: https://crescentsolitaire.app
- Price: Free ($0); no download or install
- Platforms: Modern web browsers (desktop and mobile)
- Deck: Two standard 52-card decks (104 cards); single player
- Layout: 16 tableau piles (two rows of 8) around 8 foundations; all cards face up
- Setup: one Ace and one King of each suit start the foundations — Aces start 4 ascending piles, Kings start 4 descending piles; the other 96 cards are dealt face up, 6 per tableau pile
- Tableau rule: move one top card at a time onto a pile whose top card is the same suit and exactly one rank higher or lower; Ace and King count as neighbours; empty piles stay empty
- Foundation rule: ascending piles build A → K by suit, descending piles build K → A by suit; a top card may move between the two foundations of its suit when the rank fits; a foundation is never emptied of its starting card
- Reshuffle: 3 per game — gathers all tableau cards, shuffles, and redeals them across the 16 piles
- Hints: 5 per game; Undo: unlimited; Time limit: none
- Controls: tap a card (sends it home if possible, otherwise picks it up and highlights legal destinations), tap the destination, or drag and drop; keyboard — N (new game), U (undo), H (hint), R (reshuffle), M (mute), Escape (put card back); every top card is a focusable button (Enter or Space)
- Win condition: move all 104 cards to the foundations
- Lose condition: no legal move remains and no reshuffles are left
- Not every deal is winnable
- Progress: saved locally in the browser; not uploaded to a server
- Accessibility: keyboard playable, focus rings, aria labels on cards, piles and buttons, WCAG AA contrast, reduced-motion support
- Contact: malam169@gmail.com

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