Spider Solitaire

Build eight suits from King to Ace. Choose one, two or four suits.

How to play — Spider Solitaire

Spider Solitaire online — a free single-player game in your browser, no sign-up or download needed.

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  1. Goal

    Collect eight sequences of thirteen cards in the same suit: King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace. A complete sequence is automatically moved off the board. Collect all eight to win.

  2. Starting layout

    The game uses 104 cards in ten columns. The first four columns contain six cards, the others five. Only the bottom card of each column is face up. Fifty cards remain in the stock. One suit uses spades; two suits use spades and hearts; four suits use all four suits.

  3. Moving cards

    Select a face-up card, then select its destination column. You can also drag with a mouse or finger. Place a card on one that is exactly one rank higher, regardless of suit. For example, put a 7 on an 8. Move several cards together only when they form a descending sequence in the same suit. Any movable card or sequence may fill an empty column. A newly uncovered face-down card turns face up automatically.

  4. Dealing

    Select the stock to place one new face-up card on every column. You may deal only when all ten columns contain cards. There are five deals of ten cards each.

  5. Undo and hints

    Undo and Hint are at the top left of the playing area. Undo reverses your last move or deal, including any sequence it completed and any card it revealed. Each undo counts as another move. Hint shows a possible move; press again for the next suggestion. When the suggestion is to deal, the stock is highlighted. Hints do not guarantee a solution. You may start a new game if you cannot continue.

  6. Scoring and statistics

    You begin with 500 points. A move, deal or undo costs one point; a completed sequence adds 100. The score cannot drop below zero. In Ranking, each difficulty has separate statistics: games played, wins, win rate, winning and losing streaks, fastest win and five best wins. Only won games enter the public leaderboard, with higher scores first. Leaving an unfinished game or replacing it counts as a loss.