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