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Play four-suit Spider Solitaire online

This is the full game: all four suits, 104 cards and ten columns. It's one of the hardest classic solitaires, and one of the most satisfying to beat.

The rules

Four-suit Spider plays exactly like two-suit Spider, with spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs all in the mix.

  • Goal: build eight King to Ace runs, each in a single suit.
  • Building: any card can go on one rank higher. Only same-suit runs move together.
  • Dealing: five deals of ten cards, and only when every column has a card.

Why it's hard, and what helps

With four suits, most of your early building will be in mixed suits, and mixed stacks don't move. The game becomes about creating space: empty columns and clean same-suit runs.

  • An empty column is your best tool. It lets you break up a mixed stack and rebuild it in suit. Protect it.
  • Prefer moves that reveal cards. Information is scarce in four-suit Spider. Every face-down card you turn over helps.
  • Avoid burying low cards. A stack ending in an Ace or 2 of the wrong suit is hard to use.
  • Use undo to explore. Try a line, see where it goes, back out. That's how strong players learn.

For more, read our Spider tips.

Questions people ask

Is four-suit Spider the hardest solitaire?
It is one of the hardest well-known solitaire games. Plenty of experienced players win fewer than half of their games. Unlimited undo, which you have here, makes a big difference.
Can every four-suit Spider game be won?
No. Some deals cannot be won however you play them, though most can be won by an expert with enough undos.
Why do my runs not move together?
Only runs in a single suit move as a group. A mixed stack has to be taken apart one same-suit section at a time.
Should I start with four suits?
Most people enjoy it more after learning one-suit and two-suit Spider first.

More solitaire games

Every game has its own rules and its own page. The spades show how hard each one is.

Klondike The classic. Turn 1 or Turn 3. FreeCell Every card face up. Almost always winnable. Spider (1 suit) Two decks, one suit. The gentle Spider. Spider (2 suits) Keep two suits apart to build runs.
Spider (4 suits) The full Spider. A real test. You're playing this one
Pyramid Pair cards that add up to 13. Golf Play one rank up or down. Quick rounds. Forty Thieves Two decks, one card at a time. Tough.

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