how many points is it possible to score in spider solitaire intermediate?

Anonymous
2011-05-08T20:39:34+00:00

Trying to figure out the maximum number of points that can be scored playing spider solitaire intermediate -----the one with two suits.

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Anonymous
2011-06-18T20:05:29+00:00

My highest scores for Spider Solitaire (Windows 7's version) on intermediate are as follows:

1238 (5/23/2010)

1222 (6/20/2010)

1214 (8/30/2010)

1195 (4/4/2011)

1180 (6/12/2011)

I'm positive there are higher scores possible. :)

Wikipedia states that the highest possible score is 1293 given a perfect deal (and I'm assuming that's on Expert mode given the additional score possibilites being lower than what I've achieved on intermediate mode).

Win percentage is almost meaningless (addressing another "answer") as all games of Spider Solitaire are winnable given the unlimited undo's in Windows' version. I've played 646 games thus far with a 100% win percentage.

Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Solitaire_(Windows)#Highest_Possible_Scores

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Anonymous
2015-03-21T19:46:18+00:00

You can get as high a score as you want.  It just takes time.

Find a game where when you clear a column you get the no more moves screen.  You just got 100 points. Click to return to the game and undo.  The game forgets to take away the 100 points.   clear the column again and get another 100 points (minus the point for the undo and the point for the move to clear the column).  Wash, rinse, repeat until you reach the score you want or get bored.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-09-05T19:37:19+00:00

    I only play the advanced level game and my high score is 1199 (101 moves). I have not noticed any bonus for playing faster so I take my time. You definitely will not score well if you have to undo moves and I think when I made my high score I didn't undo any. As far as the scoring system works I have noticed that 200 moves = 1100 points so every move more or less than that is a point subtracted or added. As far as maximum possible score this is how I see it. There are 44 cards face down on the board and each card must be turned over once except for the last 8 cards (assuming they are all Kings) so we have a minimum of 44 - 8  = 36 moves. No moves are added for clicking on the bottom pile so we can disregard that. Using the scoring system I outlined at the start, this would give a maximum possible score in Advanced Mode of (200 - 36) = 164 + 1100 = 1264. This perfect score assumes the the cards in the pile all fall in exactly the right location when they are clicked. I would love to know if anyone has a high score in the 1200s in advanced mode and if my number of moves to points scored theory is correct or if there is another variable involved. Also please tell me if you think my minimum number of moves calculation is wrong. Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-05T13:52:02+00:00

    I have regardless of undos  had some games which were not winable.  I literally went through all possible (meaningful) moves and could not win and this can happen with one suit.  They are very rare. I went all the way to the beginning.  Most of them start out with a situation where no cards are removed and you have to hit the deck.

    And if you think about it, it would be easy to stack the deck so that this was so, simply bury all of any card at the bottom of the board

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-20T18:44:02+00:00

    I have been thinking about what the highest legit score is and came up with this:

    You start with 500 points and get 100 for each column cleared.  There are 8 columns (independent of number of suits) so if you don't make any moves you score 1300.

    Deals from the deck do not count as a move. (But all undo's count as a move).

    You start with 54 cards on the table.  Except for the kings, you have to move each card at least once to uncover the card below. If it is in the final row you still need to move it to a column headed by a king.  You can uncover a card below a king (or remove it from the final row) by clearing the column headed by that king. That means (54 cards - 8 kings = 46 cards) you need to do at least 46 moves.     

    That would give a max score of 1300-46 or:

    1254

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