Klondike family
Nine Across Solitaire
Play Nine Across Solitaire online with nine tableau columns and a player-chosen foundation base rank.
Click a face-up card to select it, then click a destination — or click the stock to deal one card.
Stock
Waste
Empty
Col 11
Col 22
Col 33
Col 44
Col 55
Col 66
Col 77
Col 88
Col 99
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What is Nine Across?
Nine Across Solitaire is a Klondike-family patience game with a wider opening layout and a reserve pile. Nine tableau columns replace Klondike’s seven, and a separate reserve pile deals one card at a time alongside the stock — giving the player two simultaneous sources of cards to work with. The foundations build Ace to King by suit as in standard Klondike, and tableau sequences use alternating colors descending in rank.
The reserve mechanic
In Nine Across, a reserve pile of cards sits separately from the stock. When a card is drawn from the stock, a card from the reserve is also revealed simultaneously (or the reserve follows a different deal cadence depending on the implementation). This gives the player more cards to work with per turn compared to standard Klondike, partially offsetting the wider tableau’s increased hidden-card count.
The additional card source also means more decisions per turn. Evaluating both the stock card and the reserve card against the current tableau before placing either prevents the common mistake of placing the easier card without considering whether the other would be more useful in that same position.
Nine columns vs. seven
Two extra columns mean more hidden cards at the start and more potential empty columns to create. The extra columns also mean more King destinations — useful once the game opens up — but proportionally more uncovering work before the tableau becomes manageable.
The reveal-first priority from Klondike applies even more strongly with nine columns: more hidden cards means more unknowns constraining the position, and each reveal is proportionally more valuable.