What is the highest score in Spider Solitaire?
There is no fixed published maximum on this site. Your ceiling is set by the deal you get and how few moves you need to clear all 8 runs. The runs always contribute 800 points. The rest comes from your starting 500, minus one point per move, so the fewer moves you make, the higher you finish. A very efficient solve can score well over 1,000. Because harder deals force extra moves, your best scores usually come from favorable layouts solved with almost no wasted taps. Global leaderboards are planned, so for now the highest score that matters is your own record. Chase it on the Daily Challenge, where everyone plays the same shuffle.
Is the highest score the same in regular Solitaire?
No. Regular Solitaire, also called Klondike, uses a different scoring system, so its scores don’t compare with Spider scores. Klondike usually starts you at zero and awards points for each card you move to the foundation and each card you turn face-up. Many versions also take points away as time passes or switch to Vegas scoring, where you play for dollars per card.
Spider works the other way round. You start with 500, lose 1 point per move, and earn 100 for each completed run. Time plays no part. For the full rundown of how the two games differ, see Spider Solitaire vs regular Solitaire.
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