Freecell Cruel Solitaire is a combination of the solitaire card game Cruel, and the solitaire card game Freecell. It is Cruel Solitaire with three freecells the player can use to temporarily place cards. The aces are removed from the deck and placed in the four foundations before play begins. The remaining cards are dealt into 12 piles of 4 cards. The player can move the top card in each of these piles to build on the piles or foundations.