A guide to your next move.
A fresh start
Here is what to know. Use the difficulty links whenever you want to try two or four suits. Every deal contains 104 cards, so each rank appears eight times. There is no countdown or entry fee for the game. The homepage starts a one-suit game of Spider Solitaire with spades.
The aim of the game
The key details are straightforward. Clear eight runs to finish the deal. The game removes a full face-up run automatically when it forms at the bottom of a column. A completed run contains thirteen spades in order from King down to Ace. The run counter shows how many complete sequences you have collected.
Your first ten columns
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.
Find a legal destination
Keep these details in mind. 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. A descending same-suit sequence can move together as one group.
Use an empty column
You do not have to reserve empty columns for Kings. Every column must contain a card before you can deal from the stock. 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.
Turn over hidden cards
Here is what to know. A move that uncovers a card may be more useful than one that merely rearranges a visible sequence. Removing the last face-up card above a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. Look across the whole tableau before committing a valuable empty column. Revealing a card gives you another possible destination or starting point.
Deal from the stock
Keep these details in mind. Each deal may open a useful move or interrupt a sequence you were building. 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.
Ways to move cards
On this website, the following points apply. You can also drag a card or a same-suit sequence to another column. The Hint button points to a legal option without promising a winning solution. Click or tap the first card of a movable sequence, then choose a destination column. Undo reverses the last successful move or stock deal while history is available.
Return to your game
On this website, the following points apply. 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. The Privacy & Cookie Settings page lets you turn saving off and clear game data. Saved progress stays on this domain and does not transfer to another device.
Choose your challenge
On this website, the following points apply. The How to Play and Tips & Strategy pages explain the same rules used by the game. Two suits adds the need to organize spades and hearts separately. Four suits requires you to track spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. One suit gives you a useful place to learn descending sequences and empty-column moves.