Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 197 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 197 corks the entire middle row and hides the key in a bottom box. Sort the open top bottles to earn the key, pop each cork with its matching color, then consolidate the released colors into clean stacks.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 197 — Full Solution
- Work the open top row, completing the color that frees the bottom box's key.
- Use the freed key on the key-locked middle bottles to pop their corks first.
- Pop the remaining corks by matching each one's color from the open bottles above.
- As each cork opens, pour its revealed color onto a matching stack or a freed bottle.
- Treat each emptied cork bottle as a fresh buffer to keep sorting.
- Top off every color into its own bottle to finish.
Colors in this level:
Purple, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow, Pink, Orange, Brown, Black
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring a non-matching color onto a cork, which leaves it sealed with a stranded color on top.
- Reaching for the corked middle row before the bottom box's key has been earned.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 197 (spoiler-free)
- Sort the open top row first to earn the key from the bottom box.
- Use the key on the key-locked middle bottles before popping the rest.
- Pop a cork only when you already hold its matching color.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Three tiers. The top row is five open bottles — purple, two dark blues, a cyan, and one already corked. The middle row is four cork-sealed bottles, two of them carrying keyhole locks. The bottom tier is a single wooden key box holding the key that starts unsealing the corks.
- Goal
- Earn the key from the bottom box, pop the middle-row corks in order, and sort the released colors into clean stacks until every bottle holds one color.
- Opening
- You cannot pour from a corked bottle, so work the open top row first. Complete the color that frees the bottom box's key, then use it on the key-locked middle bottles before the rest.
- Danger Zone
- A cork only pops for its matching color. Pour a wrong color onto a cork and you strand it sealed with a color stuck on top, wasting a move and a lane. Match before you pop.
- Mechanics
- A cork-and-key board. Corks seal the middle row and a key box gates the openers, so the level is doubly locked — nothing in the middle moves until both the key is earned and each cork gets its matching color.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the middle row stuck at the start of Magic Sort Level 197?
Every middle bottle is corked and two also carry key locks, so the row is locked two ways. You have to earn the key from the bottom box and match each cork's color before any of them open.
How do you pop the corks in Level 197?
Use the key from the bottom box on the key-locked bottles, and pour each remaining cork's matching color onto it. A cork never opens for the wrong color.