Elevens

Elevens is a patience or card solitaire of the Simple Addition family that uses a standard 52-card deck, with the goal of removing pairs of cards that add to eleven.^[1][2][3] Odds of winning are slightly better than 1 in 10.

Rules[]

Cards are placed in a 3x3 grid. Pairs of cards which add up to eleven (5 and 6; 4 and 7; 3 and 8; 2 and 9; Ace and 10) are covered up. Face cards (J, Q, K) may be eliminated in a set of three cards consisting of one Jack, one Queen and one King regardless of suit.

If all cards are covered up the game is won; if there are no more pairs of cards that add up to eleven, and there do not exist a Jack, a Queen, and a King, the game is lost.

Strategy[]

An individual game of Elevens is a game of pure chance, except for the small element of skill involved in spotting the pairs; the skill and strategic interest comes in not shuffling the cards at the end of each game, but instead collecting them up in order.

Variations[]

Elevens is very similar to several other solitaire games in the adding and pairing genre, such as Fifteens,^[4] Straight Fifteens, Block 10, and Kings in the Corners, all of which use a 4x4 grid, but require players to remove pairs adding to a total other than 11 such as 15 or 10. The solitaire games Tens, Good Thirteen (also called Thirteens), Seventeens,^[5] and Eighteens apply a similar concept to other totals.

See also[]

• List of solitaires
• Glossary of solitaire

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Moyse, Alphonse Jr. (1950). 150 Ways to Play Solitaire. USPCC. 128 pp.

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