Spiderette Solitaire

Spiderette, rules and strategy

Spider with a single deck: seven columns, hidden cards to reveal and four sequences to build from king to ace. This site explains the exact rules, strategy and winning games verified card by card. To play: Spiderette Solitaire, on iPhone, iPad and Android.

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Available on the App Store and on Google Play.

Spiderette Solitaire on a phone held in landscape orientation, at the start of a 1-suit game: seven columns of 1 to 7 blue-backed cards, with a single spade face up at the bottom of each, and a stock of 24 cards.

Spiderette at a glance

Spiderette is played solo with a deck of 52 cards. 28 cards form 7 columns of 1 to 7 cards, from left to right: only the last card in each column is face up. The other 24 cards remain face down in the stock, which is used 4 times to deal a new card onto the columns.

Place a card on a card one rank higher, regardless of suit: a 7 on a 8. The aim is to build a complete run of the same suit from king to ace in a column: it is then removed from play. The game is won when all 4 runs have been removed. The rules explain each move in detail, and the strategy explains how to proceed.

A deal from the app

Here is the deal with code SD1-S1-AAAAABD as dealt by the app, with 1 suit. Paste this code into the app to play it; a winning game in 53 moves is detailed on the Examples page.

Stock: 24 cards, 4 deals remaining; no runs removed. Column 1: 0 face-down cards, then 7 of spades; column 2: 1 face-down cards, then 9 of spades; column 3: 2 face-down cards, then 6 of spades; column 4: 3 face-down cards, then 2 of spades; column 5: 4 face-down cards, then 9 of spades; column 6: 5 face-down cards, then jack of spades; column 7: 6 face-down cards, then 4 of spades.

Diagram of deal SD1-S1-AAAAABD at the start: columns of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 cards with only one face-up card in each, and 24 cards in the stock.

Where to start?

On phone and tablet

The app is played in landscape orientation. It offers 1, 2 or 4 suits, a code for each game to replay or share a deal, undo for the last 100 actions, and statistics.

Spiderette Solitaire on a phone in landscape orientation, during a 2-suit game: spades and hearts arranged by rank in the seven columns; the stock is exhausted.
Phone, in landscape orientation.
Spiderette Solitaire on a tablet in landscape orientation, during a 4-suit game: spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs arranged by rank in the seven columns; cards remain in the stock.
Tablet, in landscape orientation.