Spider in a smaller layout

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

The opening staircase

A few details help explain this feature. The seventh opening column contains seven cards. The opening tableau contains 28 cards altogether. The first opening column contains one card and each following column contains one more. Only the bottom card of each initial column is face up.

Twenty-four stock cards

A few details help explain this feature. The final stock deal contains three cards for the first three columns. Spiderette begins with 24 cards in the stock. 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.

Place an exposed card

Here are the details for this mode. A destination card may belong to a different suit. A single exposed card can land on another exposed card exactly one rank higher. Any exposed card may enter an empty column. A King can enter only an empty column because no rank is higher.

One suit travels together

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

Open the hidden layout

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

Keep columns occupied

This Spiderette version requires every column to contain a card before a stock deal. A stock deal may interrupt a sequence you were assembling. An empty column prevents dealing even when only the final three stock cards remain. 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. Four collected runs account for every card in the deck. A qualifying run contains thirteen cards of one suit from King down to Ace. One run is needed for spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds.

Learn the shorter game

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

Return to Spiderette

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. My Statistics records Spiderette separately from standard Spider.