Taire (Mind Loft)

About Taire (Mind Loft)

Taire is the daily solitaire on Mind Loft, a free site of daily browser games. It is an open game in the FreeCell family: two suits dealt face up into columns of four, with free cells to park cards. Nothing is hidden and nothing is shuffled during play, so there is no luck. The deal you get is the deal everyone gets that day, and it can always be won. On the day we looked it was twenty cards with two free cells.

Every deal is generated by machine and solved exactly, then checked by a second solver written separately, so the perfect figure is the true fewest moves. Nobody beats perfect; the game is how close you get. Par sits a little above it and is what a clean line usually takes. That day, par was 40 and perfect was 32. There is no undo, only a restart.

The deals climb through the week in steps. Monday to Wednesday use sixteen cards, Thursday to Saturday the full twenty, and the Sunday Edition takes away a free cell, which makes a much bigger difference than it sounds.

A new deal goes up at midnight US Eastern Time. Mind Loft pairs it with Parker (sliding blocks), Check (checkers) and Mate (chess), all scored against a proven best line.

How to play Taire (Mind Loft)

1. Open mindloftdaily.com/taire and press Start to see the day's deal.
2. Move cards between columns and free cells to free the ones you need.
3. Send cards to their home piles in order, suit by suit.
4. Get every card home; your move count is compared with par and perfect.
5. There is no undo, so use Restart if a line goes wrong.

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Tips

• Plan the whole sequence before your first move; every card is visible.
• Keep a free cell open as long as you can; a full set of cells usually ends the game.
• Empty a short column early, since an empty column is worth more than a free cell.
• On Sunday, with one fewer cell, count your parking spaces before every move.

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