How to play Spider Solitaire
A solitaire with two packs of cards. Build runs from king to ace in one suit to clear the table.
The rules, step by step
- There are ten columns of cards. Only the top card of each column is face up. The rest of the cards wait in a pile to be dealt, ten at a time.
- Tap a face-up card to pick it up, along with any cards below it, then tap the column to move it to. A card goes on a card that is one rank higher, in any suit. Any card can go in an empty column.
- You can pick up several cards at once only if they are all one suit and count down in order, like 7, 6, 5 of hearts.
- When you have a run of one suit from king down to ace, it is taken off the table. Clear all eight runs and you win.
- If you cannot find a useful move, press Deal a new row. One card is dealt on every column. You can only deal when no column is empty.
- Choose 1, 2 or 4 suits. One suit is easiest, and four suits is the classic hard game. Press Hint if you are stuck, and Undo as often as you like.
An example
A column ends in the 7 of hearts, and another column ends in the 8 of spades. Move the 7 onto the 8. It is allowed because it is one rank lower, even though the suits differ, but it is better to build on the same suit when you can.
Tips
- Try to build on the same suit, so your runs can be moved together.
- Empty a column early. An empty column lets you move anything, and shuffle runs around.
- Turn over the face-down cards in the longest columns first.
- Before dealing a new row, look for every move you can make, because dealing buries the cards you want.