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Spiderette

A few things to know about Spiderette on this card table. The page stays available when you want to check a detail again.

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Select a face-up card, then a destination column. Dragging also works.

AT THE TABLE

A guide to your next move.

Meet Spiderette

The tableau contains seven columns rather than ten. The smaller deck does not remove the need to manage suit changes. Spiderette on pctj120.com uses one 52-card deck with all four suits. Four complete same-suit King-to-Ace runs win the game.

The opening staircase

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

Twenty-four stock cards

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

Build down by rank

Keep these points in mind. Any exposed card may enter an empty column. A destination card may belong to a different suit. 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.

Move a sequence

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

Open the hidden layout

Here are the details for this mode. 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. An exposed hidden card can create another possible destination.

Prepare to use the stock

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

Four complete runs

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

Learn the shorter game

A few details help explain this feature. Replay starts the same Spiderette shuffle again. Hint suggests a legal move without checking every possible future continuation. 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

A few details help explain this feature. Reloading the page can resume that position. My Statistics records Spiderette separately from standard Spider. 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.