Spider Solitaire questions and answers

Yes. Every game on the site is free, including all the Spider versions, Scorpion and the other variants. You don’t pay to start a game, and undo, hints and the daily deal cost nothing either. Pick any game from the full list of Spider games and start playing straight away.

No. The games run in your web browser, so there is nothing to install and no account to create. Open a game page and the cards are dealt right there. Because there is no account, the site never asks for your name, your email address or a password before you play.

Yes, in your browser. Your stats and settings are stored on your own device, not on the site. If you clear your browser’s site data, they are deleted. They also won’t show up if you play on a different device or in a different browser, because each browser keeps its own copy.

Each deal has a number, and the number decides the exact order of the cards. Send someone the link to your game and they get the same cards when they open it. That way two people can play the same deal and compare how they did, or you can replay a deal you liked.

The daily Spider Solitaire game gives one deal per day, counted in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). The site picks the deal from the date, so everyone who plays that day gets the same cards. Play on consecutive days to build a streak, which is saved with your other stats in your browser.

Start with 1-suit Spider Solitaire. All the cards are spades, so any run in order can move together and you can learn the moves without suit trouble. When that feels easy, step up to 2-suit Spider and then 4-suit Spider, which is the hardest of the three.

Yes. The games work in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, so you can play on whatever device is closest. On a small screen, try big-cards mode to make the cards easier to read, and switch to fullscreen to give the columns more room. Your stats stay with that phone’s browser.

Big-cards mode makes the cards larger on screen, so the ranks and suits are easier to read. It helps on small phone screens and for anyone who finds standard card sizes hard to see. Turn it on in the game settings. You can switch it off again at any time if the larger cards feel too crowded.

Left-hand mode is a layout option for players who play with their left hand, whether they tap a phone screen or use a mouse. It changes the layout of the game, not the rules, so every deal plays the same way. You can turn it on or off whenever you like, along with big cards, themes and fullscreen.

Yes to both. Undo has no limit, so you can take back as many moves as you want. Each undo costs a point under the scoring rules, though. Hints point out a move you can make when you get stuck, and auto-complete plays out the last moves for you at the end of a game.

The site uses the Microsoft-style score. You start with 500 points. Each move costs 1 point, each undo costs 1, and each finished run adds 100. Dealing from the stock costs nothing. The Spider Solitaire scoring guide explains how to keep more of your points.