Spider Solitaire 2-Suit — play free online

Two-suit Spider uses spades and hearts. The layout is the same as one-suit — ten columns, 104 cards, eight sequences to complete — but now you're working with two suits instead of one.

It's noticeably harder than one-suit. The same rules apply, but mixed-suit piles become a constant problem rather than an occasional one.

How to play

The layout

Same as all Spider variants: four columns of six cards, six columns of five. Only the top card of each column starts face-up. The rest flip up as you uncover them. Fifty cards remain in the stock pile, dealt in batches of ten.

The goal

Build eight complete same-suit runs from King down to Ace. Each completed sequence clears off the table. Clear all eight and you win.

Moving cards

Any face-up card can go on top of a card that's one rank higher, regardless of suit. A 7 of hearts goes on an 8 of spades just fine.

The constraint: you can only move a group of cards together if every card in that group is the same suit, in descending order. With two suits in play, mixed-suit piles form constantly — and once they form, you move them one card at a time. This is where the difficulty lives.

Dealing from the stock

Click the stock to deal one card to each column. You can't deal with an empty column, so fill it first. Five deals total — each one adds ten more cards to work around.

Tips

Same-suit building matters more here. In one-suit Spider you can build across ranks freely and it costs nothing. Here, every cross-suit placement is a potential trap. Build same-suit whenever you can.

Empty columns are more valuable. They let you temporarily park a card to break up a stuck mixed-suit pile. Getting to an empty column early is often worth sacrificing other progress.

Think further ahead before dealing. With two suits, the stock is more likely to make things worse. Get things organised before adding ten more cards.

Use the hint button if you're stuck. The hint system scores moves by quality, preferring same-suit placements and moves that uncover face-down cards.

About the 2-suit version

This is the medium difficulty Spider variant. One-suit Spider uses only spades — it's the right starting point if you're learning the game. Four-suit Spider uses all four suits and is considerably harder.

Two suits strikes a reasonable balance: mixed piles are a real obstacle, but you still have enough same-suit cards available to make progress without getting completely stuck.