Play Fred's Spider Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)

Fred's Spider is a fun Solitaire variation and is free to play online. A feature-rich full-screen card game with daily challenges, winnable deals, hints, and undo's.

Cards are dealt face-up in this simple Spider version invented by Fred Lunde of Livonia, Michigan, and can be transferred to the foundation singly. The game is simple, with a 96% chance of winning. It is played with two decks, and your odds of victory are primarily determined by your talent.

Other solitaire games comparable to Fred's Three include Spider Solitaire, Spidike, Cousin Fred, and Fred's Four.

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How to play Fred's Spider Solitaire

Layout:

8 foundation piles: Build up from Ace to King in the same suit.

10 tableau piles: Construct down in any suit. Move groupings of cards only if they are in sequence. Fill in the blanks with any card. At the start of the game, each pile is given 5 cards face-up.

Stock: By clicking on the Stock, you can deal one card to each tableau pile.

Foundation:

There are eight foundation piles.

Any ace in the foundation may be transferred to any vacant pile.

A card may be added to a foundation pile if it is one higher than the pile's previous top card and is of the same suit. As a result, the only card that might be played on a 5 of diamonds is a 6 of diamonds. There can be no more than 13 cards in a pile.

Cards cannot be taken from the foundation after they have been placed.

Tableau:

Splayed downhill, ten tableau piles of five cards each. Every card is dealt face-up.

A card may be added to a tableau pile if it is one lower than the pile's previous top card and of any suit. As a result, the card that may be played on a seven is a six of any suit.

Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card are free to be played onto the foundation or any other tableau pile.

Any card can fill an empty slot in the tableau.

If all cards are of the same suit, groups of cards in succession from high to low may be moved from one tableau column to another.

Stock:

The stock is made up of leftover cards.

When you click on the stock, a card is dealt to the top of each tableau pile.