Deal #78 is rated Easy. The app plays each deal out in the background and grades it by how much backtracking it takes.
9♦8♥Q♠8♠8♦3♦2♦
5♥3♠J♠2♥6♠4♦J♥
5♠10♣10♥6♣K♦2♣4♠
9♠2♠3♥5♦10♦J♣J♦
9♣10♠7♦3♣9♥8♣
Q♥K♠K♥Q♣6♥6♦
A♥Q♦7♣5♣A♦4♣
7♥4♥K♣7♠A♣A♠
This deal
Rating
Easy
How rare it is
56% of all 32,000 — about one deal in two
Moves it takes to win
103 moves — typically around 106
Solution to #78
Play these moves from the start and the deal comes out. Columns are 1–8 from the left and the free cells are a–d; each line says which card goes where. A move of several cards shows the first and last card of the run (9♠–7♥).
52 of the 103 moves are faded — they send a card home. Skip any your game has already sent there.
A♠8 → home
A♣8 → home
6♦6 → 8
4♣7 → a
A♦7 → home
2♦1 → home
5♣7 → 6
3♦1 → home
7♣7 → 1
6♥–5♣6 → 1
J♥2 → 6
4♦2 → 1
5♣–4♦1 → 8
4♠3 → b
2♣3 → home
5♣–4♦8 → 1
J♦4 → c
J♣4 → 7
10♦4 → 7
5♦4 → 2
4♣a → 2
3♥4 → 2
2♠4 → home
9♠4 → 7
5♣–4♦1 → 8
Q♣–J♥6 → 3
9♥–8♣5 → 4
3♣5 → home
7♦5 → 4
9♥–7♦4 → 5
6♠–3♥2 → 5
Q♣–J♥3 → 6
J♣–9♠7 → 4
8♦–6♥1 → 4
5♣–4♦8 → 4
2♥2 → a
J♠2 → 7
3♠2 → home
4♠b → 2
5♣–4♦4 → 8
3♥5 → 2
4♣5 → home
4♦8 → home
5♦5 → home
5♥–3♥2 → 5
5♣8 → home
7♦–3♥5 → 1
10♠–8♣5 → 6
9♣5 → b
7♦–3♥1 → 6
Q♦–J♠7 → 2
A♥7 → home
2♥a → home
3♥6 → home
4♠6 → home
K♦3 → a
6♣3 → home
10♥3 → 2
9♣b → 2
6♦8 → home
6♥4 → 8
7♦–5♥6 → 1
7♣4 → home
7♠–6♥8 → 4
8♣6 → home
9♣2 → home
8♠–5♥1 → 6
J♦c → 1
10♣3 → 1
5♠3 → home
Q♦–10♥2 → 8
K♣–10♥8 → 2
4♥8 → home
5♥6 → home
6♥4 → home
6♠6 → home
7♠4 → home
7♦6 → home
8♦4 → home
7♥8 → home
8♠6 → home
Q♠–10♣1 → 3
8♥1 → home
9♦1 → home
9♠4 → home
10♦4 → home
9♥6 → home
10♥2 → home
10♣3 → home
J♣4 → home
10♠6 → home
J♠2 → home
J♦3 → home
Q♦2 → home
J♥6 → home
Q♠3 → home
Q♣6 → home
K♦a → home
K♣2 → home
K♥6 → a
K♠6 → home
Q♥6 → home
K♥a → home
To play this deal
Type 78 into Pick a deal and this is what you get — the same layout it has had for thirty years.
