Spider Solitaire — 4 Suits (Hard)
Also known as Spider Solitaire or two-deck solitaire — 104 cards in 10 columns, playable at 1, 2 or 4 suits.
Four-suit Spider is the original expert game and one of the hardest solitaires there is. Every mixed stack costs you mobility, so plan each move several turns ahead — the game below starts in 4-suit mode automatically.
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How to play Spider Solitaire — the rules
- Goal: build eight complete runs from King down to Ace in a single suit — each finished run flies off the table automatically.
- Stack cards downward regardless of suit (any 7 can go on any 8) — but only same-suit runs can be picked up and moved together.
- An empty column accepts any card or run — empty columns are your most powerful tool.
- Tap the stock to deal one new card onto every column. Every column must have at least one card before you can deal.
- Start with 1 suit to learn the flow, then move up to 2 suits and finally the full 4-suit game.
Keyboard: Tab or arrow keys to move around, Enter to move a run, D to deal, Ctrl+Z to undo.
Deals are random, like a real shuffle — not every Spider deal can be won, especially with 4 suits. The daily deal is the same for everyone worldwide.
How to win 4 Suit Spider Solitaire
- Treat every mixed placement as a debt. You repay it later with an empty column, and at four suits empty columns are scarce.
- Prefer moves that expose face-down cards, even when the result looks untidy. Information is worth more than a neat board in the expert game.
- Do not build a long descending run early. It occupies a column you will want free, and at four suits that run will almost certainly be mixed.
- Undo is part of the game here, not a confession. Read a deal by exploring it, then replay the line that keeps a column open.
How hard is 4 Suit Spider Solitaire?
Four suits is the original expert Spider, and a meaningful share of deals cannot be beaten no matter how well you play. We do not filter the shuffle to hide that. Played with undo and patience it becomes a planning puzzle; played straight through it is largely decided by the deal.
Strategy and tips
How to Play Spider Solitaire: seven techniques for 1, 2 and 4 suits
4 Suit Spider Solitaire — questions
What share of 4 suit Spider Solitaire games can be won?
We do not put a number on it, because the honest answer depends entirely on how you play. With unlimited undo and patience a four-suit deal often comes out; played straight through, most players finish only a small share. What we can say is that the deal here is a genuine shuffle rather than one filtered for solvability, so hands that cannot be beaten do occur.
Is 4 suit Spider Solitaire worth playing?
If you want a puzzle you can reason about, yes — with undo it becomes a planning exercise rather than a gamble. If you want a game you can reliably finish, two suits is the better fit.
How is 4 suit different from 2 suit Spider Solitaire?
The rules are identical; only the deck changes. At two suits you are avoiding one wrong suit, at four you are avoiding three, so nearly every placement is mixed and every column you commit to becomes hard to unwind.