Meet Spiderette

Here are the details for this mode. The smaller deck does not remove the need to manage suit changes. The tableau contains seven columns rather than ten. Spiderette on zuoguidna.com uses one 52-card deck with all four suits. Four complete same-suit King-to-Ace runs win the game.

Seven growing columns

The following details apply here. Only the bottom card of each initial column is face up. The opening tableau contains 28 cards altogether. The first opening column contains one card and each following column contains one more. The seventh opening column contains seven cards.

Twenty-four stock cards

A few details help explain this feature. Spiderette begins with 24 cards in the stock. The final stock deal contains three cards for the first three columns. A full stock deal adds one card to each of the seven columns. The stock is used in deals of seven, seven, seven and three cards.

Build down by rank

The following details apply here. A single exposed card can land on another exposed card exactly one rank higher. A King can enter only an empty column because no rank is higher. A destination card may belong to a different suit. Any exposed card may enter an empty column.

Move a sequence

Here are the details for this mode. A mixed-suit descending sequence cannot move as one group. A movable group must be face up and descend in one suit. The selected group's leading card determines which destination rank is legal. Selecting a shorter matching segment can reveal an available group move.

Expose another card

Keep these points in mind. An exposed hidden card can create another possible destination. Undo restores a hidden card's earlier state when the revealing action is reversed. Moving all exposed cards off a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. No separate click is needed to reveal a newly uncovered card.

Prepare to use the stock

A stock deal may interrupt a sequence you were assembling. An empty column prevents dealing even when only the final three stock cards remain. This Spiderette version requires every column to contain a card before a stock deal. Any valid movable group can fill an empty column.

Collect all four suits

Keep these points in mind. A complete face-up run is removed automatically from the bottom of a column. One run is needed for spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. Four collected runs account for every card in the deck. A qualifying run contains thirteen cards of one suit from King down to Ace.

Useful practice controls

A few details help explain this feature. Hint suggests a legal move without checking every possible future continuation. Replay starts the same Spiderette shuffle again. A random Spiderette shuffle is not advertised as guaranteed winnable. Undo reverses a successful move or stock deal while recent history is available.

Return to Spiderette

My Statistics records Spiderette separately from standard Spider. Reloading the page can resume that position. Spiderette has its own saved position in this browser when saving is enabled. Clearing this website's local game data removes the saved Spiderette position and results.