Spider Solitaire
The most popular two-deck solitaire. Play with one suit to relax or four suits for a real challenge.
Spider Solitaire is a free card game game you can play instantly in your web browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with no download and no sign-up. The two-deck classic. Build King to Ace runs with 1, 2 or 4 suits, with undo and hints.
- Genre
- Card game, Solitaire
- Controls
- Drag or tap cards
- Plays on
- Phone, tablet and computer
- Price
- Free, no account needed
How to play Spider Solitaire
Spider uses two decks, 104 cards in all. Ten columns are dealt with 54 cards: the first four columns get six cards and the rest get five, with only the top card face up. The other 50 cards stay in the stock in the top right corner.
Your goal is to build complete runs from King down to Ace in a single suit. When a full run is made, it is cleared off the table automatically. Clear all eight runs to win.
Moving cards
- You can place any card on a card one rank higher, whatever the suit. For example, a 7 can go on any 8.
- A group of cards can only be moved together if they are in sequence and all the same suit.
- Any card or same-suit run can go into an empty column.
- When a face-down card is uncovered, it turns face up.
Dealing a new row
When you run out of useful moves, tap the stock (or Deal row) to deal one new card onto every column. You have five deals in total. Every column must have at least one card before you can deal.
Difficulty: 1, 2 or 4 suits
| Suits | What it is like |
|---|---|
| 1 suit | All spades. Every run is the same suit, so most games can be won. Great for learning. |
| 2 suits | Spades and hearts. You need to plan which cards to stack. |
| 4 suits | All four suits. Hard, and a favourite of expert players. |
Scoring
You start with 500 points. Each move costs 1 point and each completed run earns 100. Your games played, wins and best time are saved for each number of suits.
Spider Solitaire tips
- Uncover face-down cards first. Every hidden card you reveal gives you more options.
- Empty a column early. An empty column is the most powerful tool in Spider.
- Stack in the same suit whenever you can. Mixed-suit stacks cannot be moved as one group.
- Make all your moves before dealing. A new row covers every column.
Controls
Drag cards, or tap a card to send it to the best place. Use Undo (or U, or Ctrl+Z) as often as you like, and Hint (or H) when you are stuck. Press Space or D to deal a new row.
Questions
Is Spider Solitaire free?
Yes. Play as many games as you like in your browser on phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download.
Is every Spider game winnable?
Most 1-suit games can be won. With 4 suits many deals are much harder, and some cannot be won at all. Undo lets you try different plans.
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