Variant strategy

Addition rewards row repair, not quick patchwork.

The puzzle is not just filling holes. Strong Addition play comes from restoring suit order across whole rows so your next gap is useful instead of awkward.

Core Addition tips

  • Use each open gap to improve long-term suit order, not just to make the nearest legal placement.
  • Judge rows as full sequences because one awkward card can ruin several later placements in the same line.
  • Try to save redeals for positions where multiple rows can improve at once.
  • Watch which suit followers are missing before committing a card to a gap.
  • An immediate legal move is only good if it leaves the next gap in a healthier spot.

Best early priority

Find rows that can become clean suit runs quickly. Early structure matters more than forcing one isolated correction.

Common mistake

Spending a redeal just to fix one bad gap often wastes your best recovery tool before the layout has fully revealed its real bottlenecks.

Why it feels different

Addition is a repair puzzle. Instead of chasing foundations or pair totals, you are rebuilding suit order so every future gap becomes more cooperative.