Klondike family · Downtown
Play Whitehead Solitaire online where all tableau cards are face-up, tableau builds by colour, and moved sequences must be same-suit runs.
Click a face-up card to select it, then click a destination — or click the stock to deal one card.
Whitehead Solitaire is a Klondike variant with three unusual rule changes working together: all tableau cards are dealt face-up, tableau sequences build by the same color (red on red, black on black — not alternating), and moved sequences must be entirely same-suit runs (not just same color). The stock remains face-down until dealt, so the opening tableau is visible but the full deck order is not.
One 52-card deck. Seven tableau columns dealt in Klondike triangle (1–7 cards) — all cards face-up. Foundations build upward by suit from Ace to King. Tableau sequences build downward by same color (a lower red card on a higher red card, or lower black on higher black). A sequence can move as a unit only if all its cards form a descending same-suit run. Any card or legal run can enter an empty column. Stock deals one card at a time; the waste can be recycled whenever the stock is empty.
Same-color building (red on red, black on black) permits a card to land on either same-color suit one rank higher. The same-suit movement restriction means long sequences only move as a unit if they are monochrome and monosuit. Building a long red sequence with both hearts and diamonds mixed together creates a sequence that looks useful but cannot move as a unit.
The strategic tension: same-color building creates sequences easily, but those sequences may be unmovable if they span two suits. Maintaining suit purity within color groups is the primary discipline.
You can see every card in the opening tableau, including those under the top cards. Use that information to compare same-suit runs and foundation dependencies. The stock is still hidden, so a plan that requires one unknown stock card may fail.
Whitehead is part of Downtown · Klondike family and is a variant of Klondike.