By using this site, you agree to Arkadium’s Privacy and Cookie Policy. We have recently updated our Privacy Policy to include additional rights that California residents may have. Also, spider and solitaire are an alliteration, so spider solitaire rolls off the tongue with ease.

Spider solitaire recieved its name because there are 8 legs on a spider and 8 discard piles to be filled in order to complete the game.This is also another name for classic solitaire or simply, solitaire.

The term Klondike solitaire is named after a region of western Canada, the site of a famous gold rush.

The first game of solitaire is believed to have been played in Scandinavia or Germany during the 18th Century - long before you could play free solitaire online!.

You can be a professional solitaire player! You could earn as much as $250,000 per year from competitive solitaire games.

Don't forget to check out all the other 36 games and all the special features: solvable-only game mode, statistics tracking, multiple and unique card sets, backgrounds and lots of customizations and options. It is thought that the word 'solitaire' was first used in the 18th Century. Enjoy free Solitaire games such as Klondike (Solitaire one card and three cards), Spider Solitaire, and Freecell.

The word 'solitaire' is derived from the Latin word 'solitarius' which is a combination of 'solitas' and 'solus', meaning 'isolation and 'alone', respectively.

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