How to Play Put-Them-In-Order

Put-Them-In-Order Rules

| Players: 1 | Type: Solitaire | Supplies: 1 Deck |

Objective

The objective of Put-Them-In-Order is to arrange the cards in the grid in ascending order from the ace to the 8 from the top left of the grid to the bottom middle, leaving the empty cell at the bottom right.

Setup

You only need nine cards from the deck, an ace through 9; remove all other cards from the game. Shuffle the nine cards and place them in a three-by-three grid, face up. Remove the 9 from the grid and the game to create an empty cell.

Game Play

You may only move one card at a time. A card may be moved into the empty cell if the card is directly above, below, to the left, or to the right of the empty cell. You may not move a card diagonally into the empty cell. For example, you could move either the 5 of hearts, the 4 of hearts, or the 2 of hearts into the empty cell. You may make as many moves as you want.

To Win

Put-Them-In-Order is won if you arrange the grid in numerical order from the ace to the 8. The top row should have the ace on the left, the 2 in the middle, and the 3 on the right. The middle row should have the 4 on the left, the 5 in the middle, and the 6 on the right. The bottom row should have the 7 on the left, the 8 in the middle, and the empty cell on the right. If you cannot get the cards in this pattern, the game is lost.