What do the ? nests mean?

Their counts are hidden until the queue advances; select them only when their colour is exposed and another slot remains available.

What should drain first?

Let the starting teal 16, blue 13, and charcoal 24 work on the lower diagonal bands before expanding the tray.

Food Hunt: Pixel Puzzle level guide

expert 12 colors

Drain teal 16, blue 13, and charcoal 24 from the lower diagonal bands, then unlock frozen and unknown nests while climbing the mosaic.

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Wait for teal 16, blue 13, and charcoal 24 to work before filling the two open slots.
Add purple 13, blue 11, green 17, and the available orange nest as those bands expose.
Continue purple 3, blue 11, teal 52, pink 17, and pink 7, waiting for a release before selecting another hidden nest.
Work yellow 12, charcoal 25, orange 10, then teal 12, charcoal 29, white 10, yellow 17, and orange 35.
Reduce the centre with charcoal 54, cyan 2, red 24, pink 15, red 43, followed by red 62, white 12, red 24, purple 12, and red 43.
Follow purple 2, cyan 13, orange 21, pink 1, blue 12, then purple 2, cyan 11, white 7, pink 1, and charcoal 13.
Use purple 1, orange 15, white 14, green 11, gray 5, then purple 1, red 12, white 11, green 5, gray 3, and purple 1, cyan 17, white 10, green 2, gray 2.
Finish purple 1, yellow 17, teal 17, charcoal 20, red 15, blue 28, then charcoal 3, red 6, blue 2, orange 4, cyan 9, and teal 30.

Colors in this level:

Purple, Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Teal, White, Gray, Charcoal

Selecting a hidden ? nest into the final free slot can strand the visible charcoal or teal group.
Loading warm upper bands before the cool lower bands drain creates a five-slot stall.

Board notes 5 details

Layout: A full-frame diagonal mosaic layers purple, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, teal, charcoal, and white streaks. Teal 16, blue 13, and charcoal 24 begin active; the queue includes frozen cells and ? counts.
Goal: Peel the lower dark-cool bands first, free each frozen or hidden nest in exposure order, then clear the warm upper-left diagonals and every isolated streak.
Opening: Let teal 16, blue 13, and charcoal 24 drain; add purple 13, blue 11, green 17, and orange as slots release, then continue purple 3, blue 11, teal 52, pink 17, and pink 7.
Danger Zone: Filling the tray with purple, pink, orange, or unknown nests while charcoal, teal, and blue still cover the lower half blocks the visible dark-band nest required to unlock the queue.
Mechanics: Frozen queue cells and ? counts reveal only as the diagonal layers and covering nests clear, so five-slot capacity must follow exposure rather than palette order.

What do the ? nests mean?
Their counts are hidden until the queue advances; select them only when their colour is exposed and another slot remains available.
What should drain first?
Let the starting teal 16, blue 13, and charcoal 24 work on the lower diagonal bands before expanding the tray.