What does “Winning a Trick” mean?

The trick is “won” (or “taken”) by whoever plays the highest card matching the suite of the first card played. Taking a trick is a bad thing...

What does “Hearts Broken” mean?

The first time a ♥️ card is played in a round, “Hearts are Broken.” This can only be done by a player who does not have a card matching the...

What is "Shooting the Moon"?

Shooting the Moon is an alternate way to win a round of Hearts. It can be achieved by essentially doing everything you don't want to normall...

How do I win?

The goal in Hearts to avoid taking tricks that contain points. ♥️ cards are worth one point each and the Q♠ is worth 13 points.

How do I play Hearts?

Hearts is played with 4 players and uses a standard 52 card deck (with the Jokers removed). The deck is shuffled and then dealt out with eac...

Basic Strategy

Pass high cards, especially As, Ks, Qs, and high Hearts: Since the highest card played wins the trick, having high cards makes it more likel...

What's a good Shoot the Moon strategy?

Get rid of low cards first: Play your lowest non-♥️ cards in the early tricks that will likely not have any points in them. Save you high ca...

Advanced Strategy

Pass the 2 of Clubs. The 2♣️ determines which player starts. If you pass the 2♣️ to another player, you may be able to win the first trick —...

Scoring

Scoring in Hearts is dependent on the amount of points a player accumulates during each round. The objective of the game is to score the lea...

Hard Mode

If you are looking for more of a challenge, you may select “Hard Mode” in the Settings Just check the “Hard Mode” box and and start a New Ga...

Titles & Levels

Unlock new titles by earning after winning a game. You can change your title by entering the Play menu with the Play button. Then select ...

Unlimited Hints

The Hint button will offer you a hint to what your next move may be. There is no limit to how many Hints you can use.

Unlimited Undo

The Undo button lets you take back you last move. There is no limit to how many Undos you may use.

What are Daily Goals?

Daily Goals unlock at level 4 and are a set of 3 goals that can be completed to earn . Goals are reset daily. Complete all 3 goals to earn b...

Leagues

When you play in League mode, at the end of every month, you will receive a badge for the highest rank you achieved. You'll start each new s...