A guide to your next move.
Your one-suit table
Keep these details in mind. Every deal contains 104 cards, so each rank appears eight times. The homepage starts a one-suit game of Spider Solitaire with spades. There is no countdown or entry fee for the game. Use the difficulty links whenever you want to try two or four suits.
Eight complete runs
Here is what to know. Clear eight runs to finish the deal. A completed run contains thirteen spades in order from King down to Ace. The run counter shows how many complete sequences you have collected. The game removes a full face-up run automatically when it forms at the bottom of a column.
Read the opening layout
On this website, the following points apply. The first four columns contain six cards each, and the other six contain five. Only the bottom card of each starting column is face up. The opening tableau has ten columns and 54 cards. The remaining fifty cards form five stock deals of ten cards each.
Build downward
A descending same-suit sequence can move together as one group. For example, a seven can move onto an eight, while a queen can move onto a king. An Ace ends a descending sequence and cannot accept another card on top. Place a face-up card on another exposed card exactly one rank higher.
Use an empty column
Keep these details in mind. Any exposed card or movable sequence can enter an empty column. An empty column can help you separate a sequence or uncover a hidden card. Every column must contain a card before you can deal from the stock. You do not have to reserve empty columns for Kings.
Reveal more choices
On this website, the following points apply. Revealing a card gives you another possible destination or starting point. Removing the last face-up card above a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. A move that uncovers a card may be more useful than one that merely rearranges a visible sequence. Look across the whole tableau before committing a valuable empty column.
Bring in the next row
Here is what to know. A stock deal is available only when no column is empty. You cannot choose which column receives an individual stock card. The stock button deals one face-up card onto each of the ten columns. Each deal may open a useful move or interrupt a sequence you were building.
Controls at your pace
On this website, the following points apply. The Hint button points to a legal option without promising a winning solution. Undo reverses the last successful move or stock deal while history is available. Click or tap the first card of a movable sequence, then choose a destination column. You can also drag a card or a same-suit sequence to another column.
Progress on this device
Keep these details in mind. The Privacy & Cookie Settings page lets you turn saving off and clear game data. When saving is enabled, this browser stores your current game and recent undo history locally. Refreshing the page resumes the saved deal for the selected difficulty. Saved progress stays on this domain and does not transfer to another device.
Choose your challenge
On this website, the following points apply. Two suits adds the need to organize spades and hearts separately. Four suits requires you to track spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. The How to Play and Tips & Strategy pages explain the same rules used by the game. One suit gives you a useful place to learn descending sequences and empty-column moves.