Playing Strategy

The goal

Find the word by flicking letters into the word bar to spell the word. And here's the catch. The board is a physical puzzle too!

You cannot flick a letter directly off the board. You have to knock the next letter off the board and into the word bar by flicking a different letter into it. This move rearranges the board, leaving the flicked letter in a new place.

Sometimes you need to use combo shots! Flick one letter into another which knocks yet another off the board. Another catch is the flicked tile needs “momentum” which is to say, there has to be at least one empty grid cell between the flicked letter and the tile it knocks into. Once a moving letter tile knocks into another letter tile, it stops and the knocked tile moves on.

Which brings us back to the random letter we toss in to the scrambled word. You need a final flick to know the last letter of the target word. And the letter tile you use to do that stays on the board, not part of the word.

Combination shots: the letter that counts is the one that leaves the board

Picture this row, with P at the left edge of a 7-cell row:

P at the left edge, an empty cell, L and A touching, another empty cell, Y and the last empty cell.

If you flick P to the right, it will slide one cell over, knock into L and stop.

L will immediately “transfer its momentum” into A. L stays where it is. A slides.

A will slide one cell over and knock into Y and stop.

Y will fly off the game board and down to the Word Bar to be the next letter in the word.

The final letter arrangement of that row will be:

In this state, you will notice P and L are touching. That means you cannot flick P into L or L into P.

The word bar gives hints

When a letter lands in the word bar, it highlights to give you hints about that move. Each color tells you two things at once. It says if the LETTER is right for that slot. It says if the FLICK that sent it there was right.

Blue means that is the correct letter with the correct move placing it in the word bar.

Orange means that the letter value is correct, but not the flick. For example, maybe the board has two letter N tiles, you flick one off and it turns orange, that could indicate the other N was the right tile to move at that turn. Or, it could mean that the tile you used to flick into the N was the wrong tile, and another tile is the right move to flick that N off the board.

Grey means that both the letter and the move are wrong.

Undos

You get a fixed number of undos per puzzle. Each undo rewinds one flick, restoring the board and the bar to the state before that move. Using your last undo does not end the game automatically.

One puzzle a day

A new puzzle unlocks at local midnight. Reload the page after midnight to see today's puzzle if the tab has been open overnight. Once you finish, today's puzzle is complete and you can't replay it. Come back tomorrow!

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Flick mechanics

A flick is easy enough on a phone, you tap down on a tile and flick it the direction you want to go.

On the desktop using a mouse, it works the same way, but you can also click, hold and drag towards the letter you want to flick at, let go and then (if it is a legal move) the tile will flick.

Sharing

Use the share button to load an iconic message of how well you did on today's puzzle. It will give other players insight into how well you did without giving away the day's word or spoiling their fun.

Difficulty

Play the practice puzzles and replay the Warm Up from practice puzzle one. It is designed to help new players learn fast. You should also notice that the practice puzzles get harder as they go.

I create daily Letter Flick puzzles to increase in difficulty throughout the week as well. There is no strict formula for choosing difficulty, many things factor in, so you can expect some variations in what “difficult” means. Generally beginning the week on Monday things reset to easier and increase in difficulty through the week. Sunday's puzzles will be real fun challenges!