Scorpion solitaire
Build every suit from king to ace, moving whole piles at once
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How to play, in one minute
Build each suit in a column from king down to ace. A card goes only on the card of its own suit one higher: the 6 of hearts on the 7 of hearts. Tap any face-up card, then tap where it goes. Every card on top of it moves too, in whatever order they lie.
- Empty columns take only a king, with whatever is on top of it. A king at the bottom of a column never has to move again.
- Face-down cards sit at the bottom of the first four columns. They turn over once nothing is on them.
- The reserve is the three cards in the corner. When you have no moves left, tap it to deal one card onto each of the first three columns. It's dealt once.
- Finished suits come off the table. Finish all four to win.
- Undo goes back as far as you like, and you get 6 hints a game.
The full rules are in our Scorpion rules, and our Scorpion strategy tips cover what to do first.
How often can you win?
Not often. BVS Solitaire's page says it plainly: "Wins are rare." Our own test agrees. Our solver, which sees every card, won 126 of 1,500 random deals (8.4%). It searched 1,253 more to the end and found no win, and ran out of search on the other 121. So most deals are lost before the first move, however well you play.
A simple player that sees only the face-up cards and follows our hints won 61 of 1,000 deals and finished 0.39 suits per game on average.
Our own test, October 2026, on numbered deals. The solver stopped after 150,000 positions on a deal.
Questions
Is Scorpion free to play here?
Yes. No account, no download and no limit on games. If ads ever appear, they'll stay off the table.
Can every deal be won?
With "Winnable deals only" on (the default), every deal is one our solver has won with every card known. You can't see the face-down cards or the reserve, so you can still get stuck. Undo lets you try another way. Switch it off for fully random deals, most of which can't be won.
Do the cards on top have to be in order?
No. That's what makes Scorpion different from Spider. Any face-up card can move onto the card of its own suit one higher, and everything on top of it goes along, in any order.
When can I deal the reserve?
Once you have no moves left, as Wikipedia and BVS Solitaire describe. If you tap it earlier, the red message shows you a move you still have. Moving a king that's already at the bottom of a column doesn't count as a move.
What happens to a finished suit?
When a column holds a whole suit in order, from king down to ace, it comes off the table to the pile at the top left, as in our Spider solitaire. In Wikipedia's description it stays in place; nothing can go on it either way.
Is Scorpion like Spider?
A little. Both build each suit from king to ace in the columns. Scorpion uses one deck, builds only in suit, and lets you move cards that aren't in order. Spider uses two decks and only moves runs that are in order.
What is today's deal?
One deal a day, the same for everyone, always one our solver has won. Win it to start a streak.
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