How to Play & Settings
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 —...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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.
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Unlimited Undo
The Undo button lets you take back you last move. There is no limit to how many Undos you may use.
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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...
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