<p>I think this freecell puzzle (739671 on Odesys) has no solution but not 100% sure.
Using <a href="http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/js-fc-solve/text/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this solver</a> could not solve it. Is there a better solver, or does this really have no solution?</p>

<p>This is the starting layout:</p>

<pre><code>8C JD TS 6S 9S 2C 7H
8H 4D TC 8D 9H AS JS
QC AH 9D 5S 5D 3D 2H
QS 8S 6H JH 3C AD KS
4C 6C 7S 6D KC JC
4H 4S 2S KD TD KH
TH 7C 3S 2D AC 7D
QD 3H QH 9C 5H 5C
</code></pre>

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2018-09-05T18:21:24.347Z
I just tried it on that website with the default solving method and it solved the puzzle.
Mosquite
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2018-09-05T19:03:01.157Z
It solved for me also using all the available solution methods.
Joe W
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2018-09-05T19:22:32.903Z
Ouch! Right, no idea how THAT puzzle got in there. Wrong one. See edit for the right puzzle.
Gilbert Weinstein
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2018-09-05T19:50:23.567Z
Why don't you just remove the wrong puzzle entirely? The revision history records all earlier versions of the post already.
Nij
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2018-09-05T20:23:53.123Z
@Nij I took an edit :) you could have done the same though...
DarkCygnus
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2018-09-05T20:58:25.200Z
That is the top result I get when searching for freecell solvers on google and appears several times in the results so guessing you are not going to find anything better.
Joe W
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2018-09-06T02:03:13.617Z
And how would that help a new user to practice doing things properly? @DarkCygnus
Nij
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2018-09-06T09:10:27.703Z
@Nij there is some method to the madness: I didn't want the comments by Mosquite and Joe W to appear erroneous (unless one looked at the edit history). Anyway, that one seems unsolvable. Anybody knows of proofs of unsolvability except for evidently unsolvable freecell puzzles.
Gilbert Weinstein
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2018-09-06T18:22:38.437Z
@Nij learning by example :)
DarkCygnus
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2018-09-06T19:10:43.563Z
That's what the revision history and "no longer needed" flags are for. Once improvements are made, the comments should be removed and a flag by the question asker helps make that happen. @GilbertWeinstein
Nij
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2018-09-07T01:28:07.340Z
Related, possible duplicate (I'd say it's a duplicate except that the answer doesn't address specific games past the original 32000: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/15287/is-there-any-configuration-of-free-cell-that-cannot-be-solved
Arcanist Lupus
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Freecell puzzle unsolvable?
Gilbert Weinstein
# Freecell puzzle unsolvable?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-05)

I think this freecell puzzle (739671 on Odesys) has no solution but not 100% sure.
Using this solver could not solve it. Is there a better solver, or does this really have no solution?
This is the starting layout:
8C JD TS 6S 9S 2C 7H
8H 4D TC 8D 9H AS JS
QC AH 9D 5S 5D 3D 2H
QS 8S 6H JH 3C AD KS
4C 6C 7S 6D KC JC
4H 4S 2S KD TD KH
TH 7C 3S 2D AC 7D
QD 3H QH 9C 5H 5C

**Tags:** puzzles, free-cell

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I just tried it on that website with the default solving method and it solved the puzzle.  
> **username_2**: It solved for me also using all the available solution methods.  
> **username_0**: Ouch! Right, no idea how THAT puzzle got in there. Wrong one. See edit for the right puzzle.  
> **username_3**: Why don't you just remove the wrong puzzle entirely? The revision history records all earlier versions of the post already.  
> **username_4**: @username_3 I took an edit :) you could have done the same though...  
> **username_2**: That is the top result I get when searching for freecell solvers on google and appears several times in the results so guessing you are not going to find anything better.  
> **username_3**: And how would that help a new user to practice doing things properly? @username_4  
> **username_0**: @username_3 there is some method to the madness: I didn't want the comments by username_1 and username_2 to appear erroneous (unless one looked at the edit history). Anyway, that one seems unsolvable. Anybody knows of proofs of unsolvability except for evidently unsolvable freecell puzzles.  
> **username_4**: @username_3 learning by example :)  
> **username_3**: That's what the revision history and "no longer needed" flags are for. Once improvements are made, the comments should be removed and a flag by the question asker helps make that happen. @GilbertWeinstein  
> **username_5**: Related, possible duplicate (I'd say it's a duplicate except that the answer doesn't address specific games past the original 32000: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/15287/is-there-any-configuration-of-free-cell-that-cannot-be-solved  

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