Spider in a smaller layout

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

Seven growing columns

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

The remaining deck

Here are the details for this mode. The stock is used in deals of seven, seven, seven and three cards. 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.

Build down by rank

A few details help explain this feature. Any exposed card may enter an empty column. A King can enter only an empty column because no rank is higher. A single exposed card can land on another exposed card exactly one rank higher. A destination card may belong to a different suit.

Move a sequence

A few details help explain this feature. Selecting a shorter matching segment can reveal an available group move. 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.

Open the hidden layout

Keep these points in mind. 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. An exposed hidden card can create another possible destination. No separate click is needed to reveal a newly uncovered card.

Prepare to use the stock

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

Four complete runs

The following details apply here. 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.

Useful practice controls

Keep these points in mind. Hint suggests a legal move without checking every possible future continuation. Undo reverses a successful move or stock deal while recent history is available. A random Spiderette shuffle is not advertised as guaranteed winnable. Replay starts the same Spiderette shuffle again.

Local progress and results

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