TriPeaks Solitaire

Example games

In brief

Deal TP1-E-AAAAAAB can be won in 50 moves, replayed below one by one. The deal with code AAAAAAD is winnable in Easy but not in Classic: at best, 18 cards out of 28. Each code can be pasted into the app's New Game window.

A game won on Easy

Deal TP1-E-AAAAAAB, Easy rules (the app's default). Starting waste card: A♣; bottom row: 3♠, 5♠, R♣, 4♠, 2♦, A♠, R♦, 8♥, 7♣, 9♠. The game is won in 50 moves: 28 removals and 22 draws; 1 card remains in the stock. All 3 peaks are cleared; score: 750 points.

Stock: 23 cards; waste pile: ace of clubs. Peaks: face-down card, face-down card, face-down card; row 2: face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card; row 3: face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card; bottom row: 3 of spades, 5 of spades, king of clubs, 4 of spades, 2 of diamonds, ace of spades, king of diamonds, 8 of hearts, 7 of clubs, 9 of spades.

At the start: 0 cards removed, 23 in the stock, waste card A♣, 0 peaks cleared, 500 points.

Stock: 21 cards; waste pile: 9 of spades. Peaks: face-down card, face-down card, face-down card; row 2: 2 of spades, queen of hearts, face-down card, face-down card, face-down card; row 3: face-down card, face-down card, 2 of clubs, 5 of diamonds; bottom row: king of diamonds.

After 17 moves (move 17): 15 cards removed, 21 in the stock, waste card 9♠, 0 peaks cleared, 483 points.

Stock: 10 cards; waste pile: ace of hearts. Peaks: 6 of clubs, face-down card; row 2: 7 of hearts, 3 of hearts; row 3: empty; bottom row: empty.

After 37 moves: first peak cleared (move 37): 24 cards removed, 10 in the stock, waste card A♥, 1 peak cleared, 563 points.

Stock: 1 card; waste pile: 7 of diamonds. Peaks: empty; row 2: empty; row 3: empty; bottom row: empty.

Game won (move 50): 28 cards removed, 1 in the stock, waste card 7♦, 3 peaks cleared, 750 points.
The game’s 50 moves
  1. remove R♣
  2. remove A♠
  3. remove 2♦, turn over 7♠
  4. remove 3♠
  5. remove 4♠, turn over 10♥ and 4♥
  6. remove 5♠, turn over 3♦ and V♥
  7. remove 4♥
  8. remove 3♦
  9. draw: 8♠
  10. remove 7♠, turn over D♥
  11. remove 8♥
  12. remove 7♣, turn over 2♣
  13. draw: V♦
  14. remove 10♥
  15. remove V♥, turn over 2♠ and 10♣
  16. remove 10♣
  17. remove 9♠, turn over 5♦
  18. draw: 5♥
  19. draw: 10♦
  20. draw: 2♥
  21. draw: 6♠
  22. remove 5♦
  23. draw: 9♦
  24. draw: D♦
  25. remove R♦, turn over D♠ and 10♠
  26. remove D♥
  27. draw: A♦
  28. remove 2♠, turn over 6♣
  29. draw: V♣
  30. remove D♠, turn over 3♣
  31. draw: 9♥
  32. remove 10♠
  33. draw: R♠
  34. draw: 4♦
  35. remove 3♣, turn over A♥
  36. remove 2♣, turn over 7♥ and 3♥
  37. remove A♥, peak cleared
  38. draw: R♥
  39. draw: D♣
  40. draw: 6♦
  41. remove 7♥
  42. remove 6♣, peak cleared
  43. draw: 5♣
  44. draw: 8♦
  45. draw: 9♣
  46. draw: 4♣
  47. remove 3♥, turn over 7♦
  48. draw: V♠
  49. draw: 8♣
  50. remove 7♦, peak cleared

The same deal on Classic

With code TP1-C-AAAAAAB, the cards are the same but king and ace are no longer adjacent ranks. The deal can still be won, in 50 moves including 22 draws; score: 750 points.

The 50 moves on Classic
  1. remove 2♦
  2. remove 3♠
  3. remove 4♠, turn over 4♥
  4. remove 5♠, turn over 3♦
  5. remove 4♥
  6. remove 3♦
  7. draw: 8♠
  8. remove 7♣
  9. remove 8♥, turn over 2♣
  10. remove 9♠, turn over 5♦
  11. draw: V♦
  12. draw: 5♥
  13. draw: 10♦
  14. draw: 2♥
  15. remove A♠, turn over 7♠
  16. remove 2♣
  17. draw: 6♠
  18. remove 7♠, turn over D♥
  19. draw: 9♦
  20. draw: D♦
  21. remove R♣, turn over V♥ and 10♥
  22. remove D♥
  23. remove R♦, turn over D♠ and 10♠
  24. remove D♠, turn over 3♣
  25. remove V♥, turn over 2♠
  26. remove 10♥, turn over 10♣
  27. draw: A♦
  28. draw: V♣
  29. remove 10♣
  30. draw: 9♥
  31. remove 10♠, turn over 7♥
  32. draw: R♠
  33. draw: 4♦
  34. remove 3♣, turn over A♥
  35. remove 2♠, turn over 6♣
  36. remove A♥, peak cleared
  37. draw: R♥
  38. draw: D♣
  39. draw: 6♦
  40. remove 7♥
  41. remove 6♣, peak cleared
  42. remove 5♦, turn over 3♥
  43. draw: 5♣
  44. draw: 8♦
  45. draw: 9♣
  46. draw: 4♣
  47. remove 3♥, turn over 7♦
  48. draw: V♠
  49. draw: 8♣
  50. remove 7♦, peak cleared

Winnable on Easy, but not on Classic

Deal TP1-E-AAAAAAD: waste card 4♣, bottom row 5♦, A♦, R♠, 10♠, R♦, R♥, 2♠, 9♠, V♥, 4♠. In Easy, it can be won in 48 moves (752 points); the connection between king and ace is used on moves 8, 9, 19 and 20.

The 48 moves on Easy
  1. remove 5♦
  2. remove 4♠
  3. draw: 9♣
  4. remove 10♠
  5. remove 9♠
  6. draw: 5♣
  7. draw: R♣
  8. remove A♦, turn over D♦
  9. remove R♠, turn over 3♠ and 9♥
  10. remove D♦
  11. remove V♥, turn over 10♥ and D♠
  12. remove 10♥
  13. remove 9♥
  14. draw: 7♠
  15. draw: 5♥
  16. draw: V♠
  17. remove D♠, turn over 4♥
  18. remove R♦, turn over A♥
  19. remove A♥
  20. remove R♥, turn over 3♦
  21. draw: 7♣
  22. draw: 4♦
  23. remove 3♠, turn over 5♠ and D♥
  24. remove 4♥
  25. remove 3♦, turn over 6♣
  26. remove 2♠, turn over 6♠ and A♣
  27. remove A♣, turn over D♣
  28. draw: V♦
  29. remove D♥
  30. draw: 7♥
  31. remove 6♣
  32. remove 5♠, turn over 10♦
  33. remove 6♠, turn over 3♣
  34. draw: 2♦
  35. remove 3♣, turn over V♣
  36. draw: 8♦
  37. draw: 8♠
  38. draw: 2♥
  39. draw: 7♦
  40. draw: 9♦
  41. remove 10♦, peak cleared
  42. remove V♣, peak cleared
  43. remove D♣, turn over 3♥
  44. draw: A♠
  45. draw: 8♥
  46. draw: 6♦
  47. draw: 2♣
  48. remove 3♥, peak cleared

With code TP1-C-AAAAAAD, the same deal cannot be won. A program that tries every legal sequence of moves, recording positions already seen (14 360 positions), proves it: at best, 18 cards out of 28 are removed from the peaks, and no peak is cleared. One such game becomes blocked after 41 moves, with 459 points.

One of the best games on Classic (41 moves)
  1. remove 5♦
  2. remove 4♠
  3. draw: 9♣
  4. draw: 5♣
  5. draw: R♣
  6. draw: 7♠
  7. draw: 5♥
  8. draw: V♠
  9. draw: 7♣
  10. draw: 4♦
  11. draw: V♦
  12. draw: 7♥
  13. draw: 2♦
  14. remove A♦, turn over D♦
  15. remove 2♠
  16. draw: 8♦
  17. remove 9♠, turn over A♣
  18. remove 10♠
  19. remove V♥, turn over 10♥ and D♠
  20. remove D♦
  21. remove R♠, turn over 3♠ and 9♥
  22. remove D♠
  23. remove R♥, turn over 6♠
  24. draw: 8♠
  25. remove 9♥
  26. remove 10♥, turn over 4♥
  27. draw: 2♥
  28. remove 3♠, turn over 5♠ and D♥
  29. remove 4♥
  30. remove 5♠
  31. remove 6♠
  32. draw: 7♦
  33. draw: 9♦
  34. draw: A♠
  35. draw: 8♥
  36. draw: 6♦
  37. draw: 2♣
  38. remove A♣, turn over D♣
  39. draw: 6♥
  40. draw: 8♣
  41. draw: 10♣

Stock: 0 cards; waste pile: 10 of clubs. Peaks: face-down card, face-down card, face-down card; row 2: queen of hearts, face-down card, face-down card, queen of clubs; row 3: face-down card, face-down card; bottom row: king of diamonds.

TP1-C-AAAAAAD, at the end of this game: empty stock, 10 cards remaining, no playable card is one rank above or below the waste card.

The deals on this page

CodeRulesWinnableGame shown
TP1-E-AAAAAABEasyyes50 moves, 750 points
TP1-C-AAAAAABClassicyes50 moves, 750 points
TP1-E-AAAAAADEasyyes48 moves, 752 points
TP1-C-AAAAAADClassicno (at best 18 cards)41 moves, 459 points