Spider Solitaire

How to play Spider Solitaire

Spider Solitaire is the most-played patience game in the world, rebuilt for the browser in full. Two decks, ten columns, and one rule that drives everything: a run of cards must descend by one and stay in a single suit. Clear a full king-to-ace run of thirteen cards and it moves off the board. Clear every suit and the deal is yours. One, two or four suits, unlimited undo, and no download at all.

At a glance

Spider Solitaire uses two full decks (104 cards). Sequence runs in suit order to clear all eight foundation piles.

Game type

Card game

Players

Single player

Pieces

104 cards

Best for

Classic solitaire

• Ten columns are dealt face up except for the last card of each. The rest of both decks sits face down in the stock at the top left.
• Click any face-up card to pick it up. You may also pick up several face-up cards below it, as long as they already form a descending same-suit run.
• Drop the run on a card exactly one rank higher — a five goes on a six. In four-suit mode the suits must match too; in one- and two-suit mode any suit works.
• Only fully revealed cards move. Every time you empty a column, the card underneath flips face up automatically.
• When you complete thirteen cards in a single descending same-suit run, king down to ace, the run is taken off the board and moves to the finished pile at the top right.
• Click the stock to deal a new card onto every column. The stock only ever hands out cards, never takes them back, so once it is empty every move has to come from the board itself.
• One-suit is a gentle introduction, two suits is the classic game, and four suits is the hard one. Clear all suits to win.

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