Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 233 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 233 is a cork-saturated board with fifteen bottles in a 3×5 grid, seven of them corked, and no starting empty buffers. Pop the top row corks first while the four green-over-blue mixers can still feed them, then walk the rest of the corks in order so the hidden colors enter play only when there is a clean slot to receive them.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 233 — Full Solution
- Pour the top-1 mixer's green top onto the top-2 cork and its blue top onto the top-3 cork to pop them both, then pour the exposed top segment into the top-4 cork to pop the third top-row cork in one motion.
- Pour the red from the top-5 bottle onto the middle-2 cork to pop it, then pour the pink top of the middle-4 mixer onto the middle-3 cork to pop the second middle cork.
- Pour the cyan that was under the pink in middle-4 onto the bottom-4 cork to pop it, then pour the pink from bottom-1 onto the bottom-2 cork to clear the last two corks in the bottom row.
- Drain the middle-1 mixer (green over blue) by pouring its green top onto the matching green lane and its blue top onto the matching blue lane, freeing the middle-1 bottle as a buffer.
- Use the freed middle-1, top-1 and bottom-1 as the three working empties. Pour the purple from the top-4 onto the matching purple lane, the yellow from middle-5 onto the matching yellow lane, and the orange from bottom-4 onto the matching orange lane.
- Drain the remaining exposed top segments of the now-working cork bottles top-first, routing each color onto its matching top row lane. Keep each freed buffer single-color and clear it onto a real stack before reusing.
- Top off every bottle so all fifteen end on a single color, with the three working empties cleared onto real stacks to finish the puzzle.
Colors in this level:
Green, Blue, Red, Pink, Cyan, Yellow, Purple, Orange, Brown
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Popping a bottom row cork before the top row corks are sorted, which spills pink and cyan into a bottom band with no clean slot above to receive them.
- Pouring the red from the top-right onto anything other than the matching middle-2 cork, which locks red in a place with no clean red lane to drain into.
- Reusing a freed green-over-blue mixer before clearing it onto a real stack, which strands a second color on top of the buffer and blocks the next cork pop.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 233 (spoiler-free)
- Pop the top row corks first, while the four green-over-blue mixers can still feed them green and blue tops.
- Spend the red, yellow, pink and cyan trigger bottles only onto matching corks — there is no spare bottle to recover them if you mis-pour.
- Use the freed green-over-blue mixers (top-1, middle-1, bottom-5) as the only working buffer; keep each one single-color and clear it onto a real stack before reusing.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Three tiers, fifteen bottles in a 3×5 grid, no magic bottles, boxes or wraps. The top row is a green-over-blue mixer in position 1, three corked bottles at positions 2, 3 and 4, and a full red bottle at position 5. The middle row is a green-over-blue mixer in position 1, two corked bottles at positions 2 and 3, a pink-over-cyan mixer at position 4, and a full yellow bottle at position 5. The bottom row is a pink bottle at position 1, a corked bottle at position 2, a single cyan bottle at position 3, a corked bottle at position 4, and a green-over-blue mixer at position 5. Zero starting empty buffers.
- Goal
- Pop all seven corks to release the hidden colors, then drain the now-exposed cork bottles alongside the four green-over-blue mixers and the pink-cyan mixer. The first unlock is the first cork pop — once a matching color is poured onto a cork, that bottle becomes a working mixer and the rest of the puzzle opens up.
- Opening
- Drain the top-1 mixer (green over blue) by pouring its green top onto the top-2 cork and its blue top onto the top-3 cork to pop them. Pour the red from top-5 onto the middle-2 cork to pop it, then pour the pink from the middle-4 mixer onto the middle-3 cork. Pour the cyan that was under the pink onto the bottom-4 cork, and the pink from bottom-1 onto the bottom-2 cork to clear the entire cork band.
- Danger Zone
- With zero starting empties, any wrong pour strands a color with no slot to recover. Pouring the red from the top-right onto anything other than the matching cork locks red where you have no clean red lane yet. Also, popping a bottom row cork before the top row is sorted spills pink and cyan into a bottom row with no clean slot to receive them, and the bottom band jams.
- Mechanics
- A seven-cork sweep across a 3×5 grid with no starting empties. The whole board is gated on popping corks in the right order — top row first while the four green-over-blue mixers can still feed them, then middle row, then bottom row. The visible mixers are the only buffer, so pour order is the entire game.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why pop the top row corks first in Magic Sort Level 233?
The four green-over-blue mixers are the only sources of green and blue on the board, and those two colors hide inside the top row corks. Pop the top row corks first while the mixers can still feed them, then walk the rest of the corks in order so the hidden colors enter play when there is a clean slot to receive them.
What is the real chokepoint in Level 233 with zero starting empties?
The real chokepoint is sequencing the seven cork pops so the four green-over-blue mixers can act as the only buffer. Every cork pop must be paired with a plan to immediately route the exposed color onto a real stack, or it strands itself with no slot to recover.