What Is Spider Solitaire?
Spider Solitaire is a two-deck patience game. You play with 104 cards dealt across 10 tableau columns, and your goal is to build eight complete runs from King down to Ace. Each finished run is the same suit, and it clears itself to a foundation the moment it is complete.
You move cards onto any card one rank higher, so a 9 goes on a 10 regardless of suit, but only same-suit sequences move together as a group. Empty columns take any card, which makes them your most valuable resource. Difficulty depends on how many suits are in play. Try 1-suit to learn the flow, then step up to 2-suit or 4-suit.
The guides below cover the terms you will meet and how Spider stacks up against regular Solitaire. For the full ruleset, see the Rules page.
The basics
- What is a run in Spider Solitaire?
- Why is it called Spider Solitaire?
- What is a Spiderette in Spider Solitaire?
Compared to regular Solitaire
- What is the difference between Spider Solitaire and regular Solitaire?
- Is Spider Solitaire harder than regular Solitaire?
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