Solitaire Glossary

What are the stock, waste, tableau, and foundation?

The stock is the pile of cards left over after dealing, placed face-down at the top left. The waste is where cards are turned from the stock, and its top card is playable.

The tableau is the 7 columns at the bottom — the main workspace where you actually move cards to solve the game. The foundations are the 4 slots at the top right, the goal piles where you build each suit from Ace to King.

A "build" is a group of cards stacked in the tableau in alternating-color descending order, while a "sequence" is a run of cards in order.