Taire (Mind Loft)
Rate itA face-up solitaire deal a day, with a proven fewest-moves target.
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Taire is a free daily solitaire from Mind Loft. Two suits are dealt face up into columns with one or two free cells beside them, and you send every card home. Nothing is hidden, every deal can be won, and each comes with a par and a proven minimum number of moves.
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)
- Open mindloftdaily.com/taire and press Start to see the day's deal.
- Tap the bottom card of a column to pick it up. Only one card moves at a time, never a stack.
- Put it on a card one rank higher of the other colour, in an empty column, in a free cell, or on its home pile.
- Build each home pile up from the ace. Every card you move counts as one move.
- Get every card home and compare your count with par and perfect. There is no undo, so use Restart deal 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.
Questions
Can every Taire deal be won?
Yes. Every deal is solved before it is published, and the proven fewest moves is shown as perfect.
Is there an undo in Taire?
No. You can only restart the deal.
Is Taire free?
Yes. Taire runs in the browser on mindloftdaily.com at no cost. There is no app and no account to make; entering a display name only puts your result on the daily leaderboard.
When does a new Taire come out?
Every day at midnight US Eastern Time, with the same deal for every player. The Sunday Edition takes away a free cell.
Can I play old Taire deals?
Yes. Mind Loft keeps past days in its puzzle archive, together with each day's standings.
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