700 Solitaire Games

Black Widow

luck and skill • easy • 2 decks • 20 min.

Popularity7/10

Black Widow starting layout
Cards FaceCards BackEmpty Piles

Game Rules

Foundations · Top of layout

  • The foundations are not built on to directly.
  • The goal is to create eight suites of 13 cards of the same suit down from King to Ace within the tableau.

Tableau · Below foundations

  • Build down regardless of suit wrapping Ace on King.
  • Groups of cards in sequence down, regardless of suit, may be moved as a unit.
  • As face down cards become exposed, they can be flipped over and are now available for play.
  • Empty spaces can be filled with any card or legal group of cards.
  • Cards are dealt to these piles from the stock, but there must be at least one card in each pile before this can occur.

Stock · Top right of layout

  • After all possible moves are made, one card is dealt out to each tableau pile to create more possibilities.
  • There must be at least one card in each tableau pile before the deal can be done.
  • There is no redeal.