Spider in a smaller layout
The following details apply here. Spiderette on sibaotong.com uses one 52-card deck with all four suits. Four complete same-suit King-to-Ace runs win the game. The smaller deck does not remove the need to manage suit changes. The tableau contains seven columns rather than ten.
The opening staircase
The following details apply here. The seventh opening column contains seven cards. The opening tableau contains 28 cards altogether. Only the bottom card of each initial column is face up. The first opening column contains one card and each following column contains one more.
Twenty-four stock cards
Keep these points in mind. The stock is used in deals of seven, seven, seven and three cards. Spiderette begins with 24 cards in the stock. The final stock deal contains three cards for the first three columns. A full stock deal adds one card to each of the seven columns.
Place an exposed card
A few details help explain this feature. A King can enter only an empty column because no rank is higher. A destination card may belong to a different suit. Any exposed card may enter an empty column. A single exposed card can land on another exposed card exactly one rank higher.
One suit travels together
Selecting a shorter matching segment can reveal an available group move. A mixed-suit descending sequence cannot move as one group. The selected group's leading card determines which destination rank is legal. A movable group must be face up and descend in one suit.
Expose another card
Keep these points in mind. No separate click is needed to reveal a newly uncovered card. An exposed hidden card can create another possible destination. Moving all exposed cards off a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. Undo restores a hidden card's earlier state when the revealing action is reversed.
Keep columns occupied
Keep these points in mind. Any valid movable group can fill an empty column. An empty column prevents dealing even when only the final three stock cards remain. A stock deal may interrupt a sequence you were assembling. This Spiderette version requires every column to contain a card before a stock deal.
Four complete runs
Keep these points in mind. Four collected runs account for every card in the deck. A qualifying run contains thirteen cards of one suit from King down to Ace. A complete face-up run is removed automatically from the bottom of a column. One run is needed for spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds.
Useful practice controls
A few details help explain this feature. Replay starts the same Spiderette shuffle again. Undo reverses a successful move or stock deal while recent history is available. Hint suggests a legal move without checking every possible future continuation. A random Spiderette shuffle is not advertised as guaranteed winnable.
Local progress and results
The following details apply here. Reloading the page can resume that position. Clearing this website's local game data removes the saved Spiderette position and results. Spiderette has its own saved position in this browser when saving is enabled. My Statistics records Spiderette separately from standard Spider.