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Game Instructions & Description
How to Play Spider Solitaire
Play Spider Solitaire online for free, a two-deck patience game made by the CrazyArcade team. All 104 cards are used. Ten columns are dealt 54 cards, six in each of the first four columns and five in the rest, with only the last card of each column face up. The other 50 cards wait in the stock and are dealt ten at a time, one face up on every column, for five deals in total. You can only deal when no column is empty. In the columns you may place any card on a card one rank higher, whatever the suit, and any card or run can go into an empty column. Cards only move together when they form a run of the same suit in descending order. When a column ends in a full run from King down to Ace in one suit, the run leaves the table and goes to the foundation row at the top. Clear all eight runs to win. Choose 1 Suit (all spades), 2 Suits (spades and hearts) or 4 Suits. You start with 500 points, lose 1 point for every move or deal, and gain 100 points for each finished run. Undo takes back a move together with its points. Moves and time are shown in the panel, and your best winning score is saved on your device for each mode. Drag cards with the mouse or a finger, or tap a card to send it to the best spot.
Controls & Interaction
Drag: move a card or same-suit run to another column Click / Tap: auto-move a card or run to the best column Click the stock or D / Space / Enter: deal a new row U / Z / Backspace: undo H: show a hint (press again for the next one) 1-9, 0: move the run at the bottom of that column N / Esc: menu and new game
Pro Tips to Win
- Prefer moves that put a card on the same suit. A mixed-suit stack can only be taken apart one card at a time, while a same-suit run moves as one piece.
- Empty columns are your most useful space. Use them to park a run while you rearrange, but fill them before you need to deal, because dealing is blocked while any column is empty.
- Before each deal, try to turn over as many face-down cards as you can. Every deal covers all ten columns, so loose cards left on top get buried.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why can I not deal more cards?
A: A deal needs a card for every column, so it only works when no column is empty. Move any card or run into the empty columns first. After five deals the stock is used up.
Q: How is the score worked out?
A: Every game starts at 500 points. Each move or deal costs 1 point and each finished King to Ace run adds 100 points. Undo restores the score from before the move, and your best winning score is kept separately for 1, 2 and 4 suits.
