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Scorpion Solitaire Online
Scorpion deals seven cards into each of seven columns and keeps three cards in the stock. The first three cards in each of the first four columns begin face down; the rest are face up. Complete four same-suit King-to-Ace runs to clear the board.
Scorpion rules: flexible packets, suited destinations
- Build down by suit: place a Queen of Clubs on a King of Clubs.
- Flexible packets: any face-up card can carry all the cards below it, even if the packet is mixed or unordered.
- Empty columns: accept only a King or a packet starting with a King.
- Stock: its three cards deal once, onto the first three columns. An empty column does not prevent this stock deal.
- Completed runs: a face-up King-to-Ace run in one suit at a column's end is removed automatically. There are no Ace-up foundations to fill one card at a time.
Use packet freedom without losing the route to a run
These simplified positions illustrate decisions in this game; they are not your current deal.
1. A mixed packet can help uncover a hidden card
This freedom is for moving cards, not for completing a run. The mixed King–Queen–5–9 arrangement will not clear. You must eventually rearrange it into all thirteen ranks of one suit, in descending order.
2. The stock can fill a space with a non-King
The 5 can arrive in the empty first column even though an ordinary move into an empty column requires a King. The Jack creates a suit break under the Queen, while the 7 joins the 8 in Spades. You cannot choose where the three stock cards land, so inspect those three columns before dealing.
3. Release the Ace that finishes a run
One column ends in a complete Heart sequence from King down to 2. The Ace of Hearts is face up elsewhere but has a 4 of Clubs below it. A 5 of Clubs is exposed in another column.
- Move the 4 of Clubs onto the 5 of Clubs, exposing the Ace of Hearts.
- Move the Ace onto the Heart 2. All thirteen Hearts now form the completed run and leave the tableau automatically.
The run must be at the exposed end of its column. Cards above its King can stay behind when the run clears. You do not send the Ace to a separate Ace-up foundation in Scorpion.
Use the three-card stock deliberately
Look for packet moves that uncover the twelve initially hidden cards. Moving a packet can reveal useful information even if the destination column becomes untidy, but check how you will separate its carried cards later.
Before using the stock, inspect the first three columns. Each will receive a new exposed card, which can cover a card you currently want to move on its own. An empty column among them will receive a card too, even though ordinary moves into empty columns require Kings.
Common questions
Why does a King-to-Ace packet with mixed suits stay on the board?
Only thirteen face-up cards descending from King to Ace in one suit form a completed run. Scorpion allows mixed packets to travel together, but those packets do not satisfy the winning condition.
Can I deal while a column is empty?
Yes. Scorpion’s three stock cards go to the first three columns even if a gap exists. This differs from Spiderette, which requires every column to be occupied before any stock deal.
Can a red Queen go onto a black King?
No. The destination must match the selected first card’s exact suit. A Queen of Hearts needs a King of Hearts. The packet beneath that Queen may contain other suits, but that freedom does not change the rule for its destination.
Select packets; let completed runs clear themselves
Select a face-up card and then its same-suit destination, or select a King-led packet and an empty column. The completed-run markers above the tableau fill automatically when a full run clears. They are progress indicators, not piles where you manually place individual cards.
- Click or tap a card, then its destination. For a packet, select the first card you want to carry. Select it again to cancel. The message below the board explains the current selection or move.
- Undo reverses your last action. Hint highlights a legal action and describes it below the board; it does not calculate a complete winning route.
- New starts a fresh shuffle. Daily starts this game's dated challenge. Both replace the current board.
- Full Screen gives the board more room. On a narrow screen, scroll sideways inside the board to reach all its piles.
Compare related games
Compare Spiderette, where movable packets themselves must be ordered in one suit. Russian Solitaire uses Scorpion-like packet moves but sends cards to Ace-up foundations. Simple Simon starts with every card face up.