Nut Sort Level Walkthroughs & Solutions

What is Nut Sort?

Nut Sort is a screw-sorting puzzle from Tripledot Studios, available on iOS and Android. Each board is a row of posts loaded with mismatched nuts, usually with one post left empty, and the goal is to free every matching color into a post of its own without sealing off the lanes the remaining colors still need. Level 1 is a three-post tutorial that establishes the game's core rule: the empty post is a short-term tool for unlocking a blocked pair, not a place to park a nut for good.

The difficulty builds through named patterns rather than just more colors. Level 3 introduces a hidden pair sitting under the most visible color, Level 5 is the first chain puzzle where one transfer only matters because it unlocks the next two, and Levels 7 and 8 add balance and bridge puzzles built around one shared lane that two different sides both need. Level 10 is the first true setup puzzle, solved by protecting a sequence of early transfers rather than taking the first clean match. From the low twenties onward, opaque shell towers start appearing, and by Level 50 those towers become question-mark mystery shells whose color is unknown until revealed, turning the late game into a puzzle about managing information, not just space. Of the 50 levels LevelSolve currently covers, 21 are rated expert, 18 hard, 8 medium, and 3 easy, so the range gets difficult fast after the opening levels.

LevelSolve currently publishes walkthroughs for levels 1 through 50, out of the 300 levels Nut Sort has released in total. Each guide breaks down the post layout, flags the move that looks safe but wastes the buffer, and lists the full transfer order, with a video included for every level.

Use the search box on this hub to jump to a specific level, or browse the range list below to keep moving through the puzzle.

How to Play Nut Sort

These tips apply across all Nut Sort levels. For level-specific advice, open any walkthrough from the range browser above.

• Never treat the empty post as free storage. Use it only long enough to unlock the matching pair underneath, then return the borrowed nut right away.
• Before committing your first move, check whether the most visible color is hiding a more useful pair underneath it. Several early boards punish taking the obvious match first.
• On chain-style boards, plan two moves ahead rather than one. The correct opening move is often valuable only because of what it exposes for your second and third moves.
• When a board opens with a lower peg already partly built, treat it as a reserved anchor rather than general storage, and keep it intact until the top row has somewhere safe to land.
• Once shell or question-mark towers appear, reveal only one unknown tower at a time unless a confirmed color already has an open lane waiting for it.
• Keep one preserved stack as a working shuttle instead of breaking it apart for a quick match. Several mid-game boards only stay solvable if one stack keeps doing shuttle duty.
• If a board looks unusually spacious with two empty posts, check whether one of them is already the designated lane for a specific color before spending both freely.

Want the bigger picture? Read our full strategy guide: how to beat the hardest Nut Sort levels.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How many levels does Nut Sort have?

  Nut Sort has 300 levels in total. LevelSolve currently publishes walkthroughs for levels 1 through 50, with more added as the range expands.

• How hard are the levels in Nut Sort?

  Across the 50 published levels, 21 are rated expert, 18 hard, 8 medium, and 3 easy. Difficulty rises quickly after the opening tutorial levels, and most levels from Level 10 onward are hard or expert.

• Is Nut Sort free to play?

  Nut Sort is free to download on both iOS and Android. As with most sorting puzzle games, it likely includes optional in-app purchases such as extra posts or hint tools.

• Are these Nut Sort walkthroughs official?

  No. Nut Sort: Color Sorting Game belongs to Tripledot Studios. LevelSolve is an unofficial fan guide.

• What are the shell and question-mark towers in Nut Sort?

  Shell towers are posts whose nuts are not shown until you start clearing them, and question-mark towers, introduced by Level 50, hide their color completely until a reveal move exposes it. Both turn later boards into an information puzzle where opening towers in the wrong order can leave you without a safe lane.

• What is the empty post actually for in Nut Sort?

  It is a temporary buffer for one blocked nut, not a storage slot. The earliest levels are built specifically to punish players who leave a nut sitting in the empty post instead of returning it once the real match is exposed.