Bowling Solitaire

How to Score Big in Bowling Solitaire

Ready to roll with Bowling Solitaire? This solo card game mixes a standard deck of 52 with a bowling twist that’s easy to pick up and tough to put down. You start by setting up ten pins—represented by ten cards, Ace through 10, laid face-up in a triangle like a bowling alley setup. Then, deal yourself a “bowling hand” of three cards from the deck to start knocking those pins down.

Here’s the play: use your hand to match the pin cards by adding up their values. A pin card stays up unless you can discard cards from your hand that equal its number—like using a 3 and a 4 to take down the 7 pin. You get three hands per frame, just like bowling’s three rolls, and aim to clear as many pins as you can in ten frames. It’s a chill yet clever mix of luck and math—perfect for a quick game night vibe at home. Can you bowl a strike and clear the deck?