Sand Shape level guide
Sand Shape Level 120 Walkthrough
Sand Shape Level 120 packs eighteen S-tetromino and P-pentomino regions across a walled stepped octagon. Lock the lower-right pink/peach/yellow/lime stack, raise the left Similarity corridor, then close the upper-right Difference bay with apricot, mint, and olive.
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How to Solve Sand Shape Level 120 — Full Solution
- Fill pink as the bottom-right P-pentomino — 2×2 base on the bottom-right foot with the single stem cell up-left under the lower-right Similarity diamond.
- Fill peach as the vertical S-tetromino on the right rail above pink’s right edge (two skew pairs stacked along the outer wall).
- Fill yellow as the mid-right P-pentomino above peach — flat 2×2 in the right corridor with the extra cell down-left toward the mid-right diamond.
- Fill lime as the centre-right P-pentomino left of yellow across the mid-right Similarity diamond so lime matches yellow’s P.
- Fill cyan as the bottom-centre S-tetromino under lime’s left notch, skewing left past the lower vertical diamond toward the bottom edge.
- Fill blue as the bottom-left P-pentomino in the lower-left pocket left of cyan — 2×2 foot with the extra cell up-right under the lower-left triangle.
- Fill purple as the centre-left S-tetromino left of lime and cyan across the centre-cross triangles; keep it the skew S so it stays unlike lime’s P.
- Fill mauve as the mid-left P-pentomino left of purple across the mid-left Similarity diamond — compact 2×2 with the stem into the left corridor.
- Fill orange as the left-rail P-pentomino left of mauve along the outer left wall, matching mauve’s P across the mid-left diamond.
- Fill gold as the upper-mid-left S-tetromino above mauve and purple, skewing under the upper-left diamond toward the centre vertical stub.
- Fill green as the left-mid S-tetromino above orange and left of gold across the upper-left Similarity diamond so green matches gold’s S.
- Fill sky as the upper-left-wing P-pentomino above green — 2×2 into the upper-left corner with the extra cell down-right onto green’s top edge.
- Fill indigo as the top-left P-pentomino cap above sky — top-left 2×2 with the extra cell down-right into the top corridor.
- Fill magenta as the top-centre P-pentomino right of indigo, dropping the stem down the left side of the upper vertical diamond.
- Fill maroon as the upper-centre P-pentomino right of magenta across the upper vertical Similarity diamond so maroon matches magenta’s P.
- Fill apricot as the mid-right-bay S-tetromino under maroon across the upper-right Difference triangle — skew it unlike maroon’s P.
- Fill mint as the far-right-wing P-pentomino right of yellow and apricot along the outer right wall (vertical 2×2 stack with the extra cell inward).
- Close olive as the top-right P-pentomino cap in the last cream cells above mint, then verify every diamond pair matches and every triangle pair differs.
Colors in this level:
Pink, Peach, Yellow, Lime, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Mauve, Orange, Gold, Green, Sky, Indigo, Magenta, Maroon, Apricot, Mint, Olive
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Painting purple as a P-pentomino that matches lime across any centre-cross triangle (Difference red X).
- Filling apricot as a second P under maroon so the upper-right triangle joins two matching silhouettes.
Quick Tips for Sand Shape Level 120 (spoiler-free)
- Open on the lower-right foot: pink P, peach vertical S, yellow P, lime P across the mid-right diamond.
- Keep purple as an S on the centre-left so the centre-cross triangles stay unlike lime’s P.
- Close apricot as the S under maroon, then mint and olive on the remaining right cream.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A wide stepped octagon (~8×8 cream field with cut corners) is carved by brown wall stubs into left, centre, and right corridors. Similarity diamonds: upper-left ledge, upper vertical stub, mid-left bar, mid-right bar, lower vertical stub, lower-right ledge. Difference triangles: four-arm centre cross (N/E/S/W), upper-right ledge, lower-left ledge. Region map (paint order): pink bottom-right foot; peach right rail; yellow mid-right; lime centre-right; cyan bottom-centre; blue bottom-left; purple centre-left; mauve mid-left; orange left rail; gold upper-mid-left; green left-mid; sky upper-left wing; indigo top-left; magenta top-centre; maroon upper-centre; apricot mid-right bay; mint far-right wing; olive top-right cap.
- Goal
- Tile every cream cell with the two Required Shapes silhouettes — S-tetromino (skew four) and P-pentomino (2×2 block plus one adjacent cell) — so every diamond-marked join pairs matching silhouettes and every triangle-marked join pairs unlike silhouettes.
- Opening
- The verified run fills pink as the bottom-right P-pentomino under the lower-right diamond, peach as the vertical S-tetromino on the right rail, yellow as the mid-right P-pentomino, then lime as the centre-right P-pentomino across the mid-right diamond.
- Danger Zone
- Lime (centre-right P) and purple (centre-left S) meet across a centre-cross triangle — keep purple the skew S so it stays unlike lime. Maroon (upper-centre P) and apricot (mid-right-bay S) meet across the upper-right triangle — never paint apricot as a second P under maroon.
- Mechanics
- Required Shapes shows an S-tetromino and a P-pentomino (rotations and reflections allowed). Similarity connects same shapes; Difference connects different shapes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What silhouettes does Sand Shape Level 120 require?
Only the two card shapes: the S-tetromino (four-cell skew) and the P-pentomino (2×2 block plus one adjacent cell). Rotations and reflections of both are allowed.
What is the safest opening for Sand Shape Level 120?
Build the lower-right stack first — pink P under the lower-right diamond, peach vertical S on the right rail, yellow mid-right P, then lime centre-right P across the mid-right diamond — before climbing the left corridor.