How to Play Spiderette Solitaire
Deal seven columns of one to seven cards from one deck, same as Klondike. Build any card onto a card one rank higher regardless of suit, but only lift a same-suit run as a group. Any card fills an empty column. A completed King-to-Ace suited run sweeps off automatically — clear all four suits to win.
The rules, step by step
- 1Deal Klondike's shape from one deckSeven columns of one to seven cards, only the last of each face up. The remaining 24 cards form the stock.
- 2Build on any suit, one rank higherA card may be placed on any card exactly one rank higher, regardless of suit.
- 3Only a same-suit run can be lifted as a groupTo move more than one card at a time, the cards must already form an unbroken descending run in a single suit. A lone card can always move.
- 4Any card fills an empty columnUnlike Klondike, an empty tableau column will take any card at all, of any rank.
- 5Deal the stock only when every column is occupiedClicking the stock deals one card face up to each column at once — but only while no column stands empty.
- 6Win by sweeping four completed suitsA finished King-to-Ace run of a single suit at the foot of a column is removed from play automatically. Clear all four suits to win.
Try it — the rules above, running
New game deals a fresh shuffle, Hint highlights a legal move, and the three-dot menu at the end of the bar holds redo, auto-finish, today’s deal, the keyboard shortcuts and the rule set.
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Today’s deal
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Keyboard
- U / Z
- Undo
- R
- Redo
- H
- Hint
- N
- New deal (asks first)
- F
- Full screen
- Space
- Turn the stock
- Esc
- Deselect, or leave full screen
What can you move in Spiderette?
A single card can always move onto any card one rank higher, regardless of suit. To move several cards together, they must already be an unbroken descending run of a single suit — a mixed-suit stack has to be broken apart and moved one legal group at a time.
How does the stock deal work?
Clicking the stock deals one card face up onto each of the seven tableau columns at once. It is refused while any column is empty, so an emptied column has to be refilled by ordinary play before the next stock deal is available. Twenty-four cards divided into rounds of seven leaves a short final round of three, which lands on the first three columns.
How do you know you've won?
There is nothing to click to finish — a complete King-to-Ace run of one suit is detected and swept off the board the moment it is assembled at the foot of a column. Once all four suits have been swept this way, the tableau is empty and the game is won.
How do you win more often?
- Keep same-suit sequences together whenever you canA mixed-suit stack looks the same as an ordered one on the board, but only the ordered kind can move as a group later. Sort as you go rather than leaving the untangling for the end.
- Use empty columns freely — they are not scarce hereWith any card able to start a new column, an empty one is a genuine workspace rather than the precious King-only slot it is in Klondike. Do not hoard it.
- Uncover face-down cards before chasing a sweepA hidden card is unknown information; a mixed-suit stack you can already see is not. Prioritise exposing what you cannot yet see.
- Deal the stock only when you are truly stuckEvery stock deal adds one unrelated card to the top of every column, which can break a same-suit run you were building. Exhaust your tableau options first.
Common questions about spiderette solitaire
- Is Spiderette the same as Spider solitaire?
- It uses Spider's move rule but is otherwise its own game: one deck instead of two, Klondike's seven-column deal instead of Spider's ten, a real stock instead of Spider's redeal, and four suits to clear instead of eight.
- Can you get stuck in Spiderette with cards left in the stock?
- Yes, if no tableau move is available and any column is empty — the stock refuses to deal until every column is filled again, which occasionally ends a deal early.
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