The classic two-deck solitaire
Spider Solitaire
Ten columns, two decks, one, two or four suits, and the 500-point scoring you remember. Free, no sign-in, plays in the browser.
How to play
- The goal. Build all eight suits from King down to Ace in the columns. Each completed suit is lifted off the table to the bottom left, and the game is won when all eight are gone.
- The layout. Two decks, 104 cards. Fifty-four are dealt into ten columns (six cards in the first four, five in the rest) with only the last card face up. The other fifty wait in the stock at the bottom right, in five piles of ten.
- Moving cards. Click a card, then click the column it should go to, or drag it. Any face-up card can go on a card one rank higher of any suit, but only a run of the same suit in descending order moves together. Any card or run may start an empty column.
- Dealing. When you run out of moves, click the stock to deal one card face up onto every column. A row cannot be dealt while any column is empty.
- Scoring. You start with 500 points. Each move, each deal and each undo costs one point; each completed suit earns 100.
- Hints and undo. Press H or M, or click the score, for a hint; press again to cycle through the moves. Undo with Ctrl+Z as often as you like.
What is replicated
- Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced: one, two or four suits over the same 104 cards.
- The 54-card deal with face-down cards, the stock in five piles of ten, and the rule that blocks a deal while a column is empty.
- Same-suit runs moving together, any-suit building by rank, face-down cards turning over when uncovered.
- Completed suits lifted off automatically for 100 points; 500 starting points, one point per move, deal or undo.
- Unlimited undo (Ctrl+Z), hints on H or M and by clicking the score panel, as in the Windows XP version.
- Statistics per difficulty: games played, won, win percentage, highest score, current and best streak.
- "Do you want to resign this game?" before a new deal replaces a game in progress; a resignation counts as a loss.
- Game, Select Game, Difficulty, Statistics and Options on the Game menu with F2, F3, F4 and F5.
- The status bar with Score, Moves, Time and the game number, on a green table in a classic window.
- Exit closes the window onto a little desktop; click the icon to reopen it.
Deal numbers here are this page's own (1 to 1000000 per difficulty) and shareable as links such as spider-solitaire.skillsafe.ai/#617-4; they are not the numbering of any other program.
Keyboard
| F1 | Help contents | F2 | New game |
|---|---|---|---|
| F3 | Select game by number | F4 | Statistics |
| F5 | Options | Ctrl+Z | Undo the last move |
| H or M | Show a hint | D | Deal a row |
| Alt+G / Alt+H | Open the Game / Help menu | Esc | Deselect, close a menu or dialog |
Questions
What are the three difficulties in Spider Solitaire?
Beginner uses one suit (all spades), Intermediate two suits (spades and hearts) and Advanced all four suits. There are always 104 cards and eight suits to complete; fewer suits simply make it easier to build runs that move together.
Why can't I deal a new row?
A new row of ten cards can only be dealt from the stock while every column has at least one card. Fill the empty columns first, then click the stock at the bottom right. The stock holds five deals of ten.
How is the score calculated?
You start with 500 points. Every move and every deal costs one point, every undo costs one point, and every completed suit from King down to Ace earns 100 points. The best possible score is therefore well over 1,000 in a perfect game.
Which cards move together?
Any face-up card can be placed on a card one rank higher of any suit, but only a run of the same suit in descending order can move as a group. A six and seven of hearts can move onto any eight; a six of hearts on a seven of clubs cannot move together.
How do hints work?
Press H or M, or click the score in the status bar, and the game highlights a run and the column it can go to. Pressing again cycles through every legal move, best first: completing a suit, then building on the same suit, then moves that turn over a face-down card.
Is my progress saved, and is anything sent anywhere?
Your options, statistics and the game in progress are stored in this browser only. The page makes no network calls of its own: there is no sign-in, no account and nothing to install.