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About Spider Solitaire

Spider Solitaire is widely regarded as the king of solitaire games — more complex, more strategic, and more satisfying than Klondike. It was named after the spider's eight legs, reflecting the eight foundation piles you must complete. First appearing in print in 1949, it became one of the world's most-played card games after Microsoft included it in Windows Me and XP.

Spider uses two full decks (104 cards) dealt across ten columns. You must build eight complete sequences — King down to Ace — in the same suit, then remove them to win. Choose 1-suit for a relaxing game, 2-suit for a challenge, or 4-suit for the ultimate test of strategy.

How to Play

  1. Setup: 104 cards dealt into 10 columns. Columns 1–4 get 6 cards each, columns 5–10 get 5 cards each. Only the top card of each column is face-up. Five deal piles of 10 cards remain in the stock.
  2. Move cards: Move a face-up card or sequence onto another column if the bottom card of your sequence is one rank lower than the top card of the destination — any suit is fine. (e.g. a red 7 can go onto a black or red 8.)
  3. Sequences in same suit: Only a sequence where every card is the same suit can be moved as a group. Mixed-suit stacks must be moved one card at a time.
  4. Complete a sequence: When you build K→A in the same suit, that sequence is automatically removed to a foundation. You need 8 complete sequences to win.
  5. Deal from stock: Click the stock or the Deal button to deal one card face-up to every column. You must deal if you cannot move — but a deal requires all 10 columns to have at least one card.
  6. Empty columns: Any card or valid sequence may be placed into an empty column.

Strategy Tips

  • On 1-suit, focus on building long in-suit sequences before dealing from stock.
  • Empty columns are precious — use them as temporary holding spots to reorganise other columns.
  • On 4-suit, avoid building mixed-suit stacks you can't break apart later; plan each deal carefully.
  • Deal from stock only when truly stuck — each deal makes the position harder to untangle.