Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 251 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 251 is a zero-empties pure sort on a 2-tier grid of eleven bottles — six 4-color mixers on the top row and five 1-cap hint bottles on the bottom row, with no corks, magic, boxes or wraps. Land pink and red on the matching bottom hints in the first two moves to free col 6 in the top row as the only working buffer, then grow the five bottom hint lanes while the col 6 buffer in the top row temporarily holds the four unhinted colors (green, orange, purple, brown) before they each get poured down into their own final bottle.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 251 — Full Solution
- Pour the pink top of col 1 in the top row into the pink hint in the bottom row (col 2) to start a pink lane, then pour the red top of col 6 in the top row into the red hint in the bottom row (col 1) to start a red lane and free col 6 in the top row as the only working buffer.
- Pour the blue top of col 6 in the top row into the blue hint in the bottom row (col 4) to start a blue lane and re-expose red on col 6, then pour the yellow top of col 2 in the top row into the yellow hint in the bottom row (col 3) to start a yellow lane.
- Pour the red top of col 6 in the top row into the red hint in the bottom row (col 5) to bank a second red segment, then pour the orange top of col 3 in the top row onto the col 6 buffer in the top row to start an orange lane there.
- Pour the red top of col 5 in the top row onto the red lane in the bottom row to keep the red lane growing, then pour the dark-blue segment of col 5 in the top row onto the blue lane in the bottom row (col 4).
- Pour the green top of col 4 in the top row onto the col 6 buffer in the top row to start a green lane, then pour the orange top of col 6 in the top row down to the orange destination in the top row (col 5).
- Pour the dark-blue top of col 1 in the top row onto the blue lane in the bottom row (col 4), then pour the green top of col 6 in the top row onto the green destination in the top row (col 3). Pour the yellow segment exposed on col 4 in the top row onto the yellow lane in the bottom row (col 3).
- Pour the purple top of col 5 in the top row onto the col 6 buffer in the top row to start a purple lane, then pour the red segment exposed on col 4 in the top row onto the red lane in the bottom row. Pour the dark-blue top of col 5 in the top row onto the blue lane in the bottom row (col 4).
- Top off red, green, pink, orange, brown, yellow, blue and purple in their own bottles so the eleven bottles resolve to eight single-color stacks and three empties (col 1 in the top row, col 6 in the top row, col 1 in the bottom row).
Colors in this level:
Red, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Purple, Brown
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring any of the four unhinted colors (green, orange, purple, brown) into a wrong bottom hint, which strands that color on top of an unfinished stack and forces a full drain of the stack below to recover.
- Pouring orange or pink into bottom-row col 1 (the red hint) first, which costs you the only place to bank the red top of col 6 in the top row and prevents col 6 from freeing up.
- Letting the dark-blue stripe surface on a top mixer before its top is peeled, which forces the dark blue onto the col 6 buffer in the top row, blocks the only overflow and strands every other fresh color on the board.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 251 (spoiler-free)
- Land pink and red on the matching bottom hints in the first two moves or col 6 in the top row never frees up, and the four unhinted colors have nowhere to go.
- Never pour a fresh color (green, orange, purple, brown) into a wrong bottom hint, because the only recovery is to drain the entire stack beneath it.
- Peel every top color off a top mixer before the dark-blue stripe is exposed, otherwise the dark blue gets parked on the only overflow slot and strands every other fresh color.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A two-tier board that resolves to six columns wide and eleven bottles total, with no corks, magic bottles, wooden boxes or wraps. The top row is six 4-color mixers — col 1 pink–dark-blue–green–dark-blue, col 2 yellow–green–dark-blue–yellow, col 3 orange–dark-blue– red–orange, col 4 green–red–yellow–green, col 5 purple–dark-blue–orange–red, col 6 red–blue– dark-blue–red. The bottom row is five 1-cap hint bottles each carrying a single starting layer — col 1 red, col 2 pink, col 3 yellow, col 4 blue, col 5 red. Zero true empties to start, so the entire workspace is the eleven bottles themselves. The dark-blue stripe is the dominant shared mixer color and ties five of the six top mixers together; green, orange, purple and brown are the four "fresh" colors with no matching hint anywhere on the board.
- Goal
- Route all eight target colors (red, pink, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, brown) into their own single-color bottle, with three bottles left as final empties. The chokepoint is that four of the eight colors have no destination at all on turn one, so the first two moves have to land pink and red on the matching bottom hints to free col 6 in the top row as the only overflow buffer — until that slot opens, every unhinted color is stranded on top of an unfinished stack.
- Opening
- Pour the pink top of col 1 in the top row into the pink hint in the bottom row (col 2) to start a pink lane. Pour the red top of col 6 in the top row into the red hint in the bottom row (col 1) to start a red lane and free col 6 in the top row as the only working buffer. Pour the blue top of col 6 in the top row into the blue hint in the bottom row (col 4) to start a blue lane and re-expose red on col 6. Pour the yellow top of col 2 in the top row into the yellow hint in the bottom row (col 3) to start a yellow lane, then pour the red top of col 6 in the top row into the red hint in the bottom row (col 5) to bank a second red segment.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring any of the four unhinted colors (green, orange, purple, brown) into a wrong bottom-row hint is a one-move slip that strands that color on top of an unfinished stack, and the only recovery is to drain the entire stack below it. The dark-blue stripe is buried under five different top colors, so peel pink, green, red, orange and the unhinted tops off their mixers before dark blue is exposed on top — otherwise the dark blue gets parked on the single empty col 6 in the top row, blocks the only overflow slot and strands every other fresh color. Bottom-row col 1 (the red hint) is the only buffer that lets you start a red lane; pour orange or pink into it first and the red top of col 6 in the top row has no home.
- Mechanics
- A two-tier zero-empties pure sort where the bottom row's five 1-cap bottles are the only "hints" and four of the eight target colors (green, orange, purple, brown) are not hinted at all. The only way to make progress is to land a matching top color on a bottom hint in the first two moves so col 6 in the top row empties and becomes the working overflow; every later move either grows a bottom hint lane or shuttles a fresh color through the col 6 buffer in the top row.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you start Magic Sort Level 251 with zero empty bottles?
Land pink and red on the matching bottom hints in the first two moves — pour the pink top of col 1 in the top row into the pink hint in the bottom row (col 2), then pour the red top of col 6 in the top row into the red hint in the bottom row (col 1). That empties col 6 in the top row and turns it into the only working buffer for the four unhinted colors (green, orange, purple, brown).
Where do the green, orange, purple and brown colors come from in Level 251?
They are not hinted anywhere on the board — they only exist on top of the top-row mixers (green on col 1 and col 4, orange on col 3 and col 5, purple on col 5, brown only emerges later from the col 3 stack). They have to be parked temporarily on the col 6 buffer in the top row, then poured down into their own single-color bottle once the matching lane opens.