# Spider Solitaire

> Build suited runs with one, two or four suits.

Ten columns, two decks, one tidy goal: build each suit from King down to Ace until the table is clear. Play with one, two or four suits. Every deal has a known way to win, and three daily deals are the same for everyone. Played at a quiet café table, mug at your elbow.

- Play: https://sidekickarcade.com/play/spider-solitaire/ (in the browser, phone or computer, free, no sign-up needed)
- Neighborhood: [Card Café](https://sidekickarcade.com/category/card/index.md)
- Controls: Tap, drag, mouse or keys
- Best on: portrait screens
- Coins for goals: 1 per 60 points, up to 20 a run

## How to play

1. Move a card onto any card one rank higher. Cards in one suit, in order, move together as a run, and any card or run can fill an empty column.
2. Finish a suit from King down to Ace and it leaves the table. Send all eight home to win. Out of moves? Deal a row of ten from the deck once every column has a card.
3. Tap or click a card to send it to its best spot, tap again for the next one, or drag it. Undo goes back as far as the last card turned over. Pick 1, 2 or 4 suits on the start card; your choice is saved.
4. Keys work too: the arrows or Tab pick a card, Enter sends it, and Space picks it up to place yourself. D deals, H hints, U undoes and N deals a new game. Esc, then Tab, leaves the game.

## Tips

- Build in suit whenever you have the choice: only a run of one suit moves as a group.
- Turn over face-down cards early. The columns with the fewest hidden cards are the quickest to empty.
- An empty column is your best tool. Use it to sort a mixed stack into suited runs before you fill it for good.
- Deal a new row only when the table is as tidy as you can make it: every deal covers all ten columns.

## Questions

### Is it free?

Yes. It's free to play in your browser, with no download and no sign-up needed. Coins you earn are for fun and can never be bought.

### Can every deal be won?

Yes. Every deal we serve was checked by a solver and has a way to win, so a game is never lost to an impossible deal. Finding the way is up to you.

### How many suits can I play?

One, two or four. One suit is the gentlest; four suits is the classic hard version. Pick on the start card and your choice is saved.

### Is there an undo button?

Yes. Undo takes back moves as far as the last card turned over or the last row dealt, so hidden cards stay hidden. U or Z works on a keyboard.

### Is there a daily deal?

Yes. Three a day, one for each suit count, the same for everyone. A new set arrives at midnight UTC.

### How is it scored?

50 points for each suit sent home. A win adds a bonus for the suit count, for finishing in fewer moves than par, and for a game with no undo or hint.

## Achievements

- **First web** (bronze, 10 coins): Finish a game.
- **Untangled** (bronze, 10 coins): Win a game.
- **Deal of the day** (bronze, 10 coins): Win a daily deal.
- **No take-backs** (silver, 25 coins): Win with no undo or hint.
- **Under par** (silver, 25 coins): Win in par moves or fewer.
- **Fifty runs** (silver, 25 coins): Send 50 runs home.
- **Daily seven** (silver, 25 coins): Win 7 daily deals.
- **Two-tone** (silver, 25 coins): Win with 2 or 4 suits.
- **Four hundred runs** (gold, 60 coins): Send 400 runs home.
- **Daily regular** (gold, 60 coins): Win 50 daily deals.
- **All four suits** (gold, 60 coins): Win with 4 suits.
- **Secret achievement** (gold, 60 coins): Keep playing to find it.
- **Master weaver** (diamond, 150 coins): Win 10 games with 4 suits. Earns the title "Master Weaver".
- **Spider sage** (diamond, 150 coins): Send 1,000 runs home. Earns the title "Spider Sage".

## More to play

- [Solitaire](https://sidekickarcade.com/play/solitaire/index.md): The classic one-player card game. (Card Café)
- [FreeCell](https://sidekickarcade.com/play/free-cells/index.md): Solitaire with four free cells to plan with. (Card Café)
- [Pyramid Solitaire](https://sidekickarcade.com/play/pyramid-solitaire/index.md): Pair cards that add up to 13 to clear the pyramid. (Card Café)
- [Golf Solitaire](https://sidekickarcade.com/play/golf-solitaire/index.md): Clear the table one card higher or lower at a time. (Card Café)
