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Are all Solitaire games winnable
Not every Klondike deal is guaranteed to be solvable under every rule set, and an unfinished game does not prove that the deal was impossible. A missed stock order or an early foundation move can also create a dead end.
The short version
Velvet Solitaire samples up to 260 candidate deals and chooses the one with the strongest opening according to a heuristic. That favors accessible low cards and revealing moves, but it is not a full solver and does not guarantee a win.
Key points
- Use undo to test a different branch before abandoning a promising table.
- Review the stock order and empty-column choices when progress stops.
- Treat the deal selection as a helpful start, not as a promise of solvability.
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