How to Play Water Sort Puzzle
Pour the coloured water between bottles until every tube holds one colour. Hundreds of levels.
Water Sort Puzzle gives you a row of glass tubes filled with layered coloured liquid and two empty spares. You pour the top layer from one tube into another, and the level is solved when every tube holds a single colour. It is a calm logic puzzle, but the deeper levels demand planning several pours ahead.
This version has a deliberately long difficulty ramp: level 1 uses ten colours and the last colour is added around level 121, with the scatter of the deal reaching maximum near level 150. Every level is generated with a solver, so it is always solvable and the game knows the ideal move count for star scoring.
Controls
- Tap a tube to lift it, then tap the destination tube to pour.
- Tap the lifted tube again or tap an empty space to cancel the selection.
- The undo arrow reverses the last pour and reduces your move count by one.
- The bottle button adds a spare empty tube (up to two per level).
- The circular arrow restarts the level with the same deal.
How to play, step by step
- Press Play to continue from your current level, or Pick A Level to replay an earlier one.
- Look for a tube whose top colour matches the top colour of another tube with space.
- Pour: the whole top run of one colour moves across, as much as fits.
- Use the two empty tubes to park a colour temporarily while you dig out what is underneath.
- Complete a tube (all four segments one colour) and it sparkles; the header counts sorted colours.
- Sort every colour to clear the level, then hit Next Level or Challenge A Friend.
Rules and scoring
- A pour is legal only into an empty tube or onto the same colour with space remaining.
- Each pour counts as one move; undo subtracts it again.
- Stars: three while you stay near the solver's own line, two while close, one once you have wandered far past it.
- Coin reward is 30 plus 6 per level (capped at 400), plus 20 for using no spare bottle, plus 30 per star above one.
- Clearing levels back to back adds a streak bonus of 25 per extra level, up to 150; every tenth level adds 100 more.
Tips to score higher
- Before the first pour, find the colour with the most exposed segments; freeing it early opens the most tubes.
- Never fill an empty tube with a colour you cannot finish; the spare is worth more empty.
- Count segments: a colour needs exactly four to complete a tube, so track where the fourth piece sits.
- Pouring one segment onto three of the same colour completes a tube and frees a slot in one move.
- If the game says you are stuck, use undo two or three times rather than restarting; the deal is the same.
- Save spare bottles for levels above 60 where the scatter is high; the 20 coin clean bonus is small compared with a streak.
Modes and challenges
- Endless level ladder with one deal per level and a saved resume point.
- Pick A Level to replay any level already reached.
- Challenge A Friend shares your level and moves for them to beat.
Frequently asked questions
Is every level actually solvable?
Yes. The generator runs a solver on each deal before showing it and records the solution length.
What does the spare bottle do?
It adds an extra empty tube, up to two per level. It makes a hard deal much easier but costs the clean bonus and can lower your stars if you use it to wander.
Why did my reward double?
There is an 18 percent chance any clear is marked LUCKY DOUBLE. It is random, it is paid in full, and the modal tells you exactly what happened.
How many levels are there?
There is no fixed end. Levels are generated on demand, with colours rising to fourteen by level 121 and the scatter of the deal maxing out near level 150.