Meet Scorpion

Here are the details for this mode. The tableau has seven columns. Scorpion on ypigs.com uses one 52-card deck with four suits. Moves build down in the same suit rather than allowing cross-suit destinations. Four complete King-to-Ace runs clear the game.

Read the opening cards

Keep these points in mind. Each opening column contains seven cards for a total of 49 tableau cards. The first three cards in each of the first four columns are face down. Three cards remain in the stock. All cards in the last three columns are face up.

Check rank and suit together

A few details help explain this feature. A King cannot land on another card because no higher rank exists. A moved group's leading card must land on a card exactly one rank higher in the same suit. A seven of hearts cannot land on an eight of spades. A seven of hearts can land on an exposed eight of hearts.

Move exposed groups

The selected cards do not need to share a suit to travel together. Any face-up card can be selected together with every card beneath it. The leading selected card still has to meet the destination rule. The selected cards do not need to descend in rank to travel together.

Only Kings fill empty space

The following details apply here. Cards beneath a moved King do not need to be in sequence. An empty column accepts a King or a group led by a King. An empty column is therefore less flexible than an empty column in ordinary Spider. A group led by a lower rank cannot enter an empty column.

Uncover another choice

The following details apply here. An exposed card can carry the cards beneath it when its own destination is legal. Undo restores the earlier hidden-card arrangement when the move is reversed. Removing all face-up cards above a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. The next hidden card is revealed automatically.

The final three cards

This Scorpion version permits its stock deal when columns are empty. Dealing places a face-up card on each of the first three columns. The stock contains one final deal of three cards. There are no further stock cards after the three-card deal.

Complete a suit

Keep these points in mind. All thirteen cards in a collected run must be face up. The game removes a qualifying run automatically from the bottom of a column. Moving an unordered group does not make that group a completed sequence. A completed run must descend from King to Ace in one suit.

Plan around blocked cards

Keep these points in mind. Checking the whole moved group helps you anticipate what will become blocked. A move can carry unwanted cards along with a useful leading card. Hint lists legal choices without promising a winning continuation. Replay and Undo let you explore another approach to the same layout.

Save a Scorpion session

Keep these points in mind. Random Scorpion shuffles are not advertised as guaranteed winnable. Privacy & Cookie Settings lets you remove local saved games and results. Scorpion keeps a separate saved position when game saving is enabled. My Statistics records Scorpion starts and wins separately from other variants.