Rules, solvers, strategy, and input help

Sorting Puzzle Guides

Choose the task that matches your puzzle. Start with the rule comparison if you are unsure which solver to use, or jump directly to setup, strategy, or JSON help.

Not sure where to start?

Choose the right rules first

Water Sort and Ball Sort can share the same-looking arrays, but they do not move the same way.

Start here - Rules

Water Sort vs Ball Sort

See why connected liquid layers and separate balls need different moves, strategies, and solvers.

Best for: choosing the correct rules and solver for the puzzle on your screen.Rule comparisonMove exampleSolver choiceCompare the rules

Step-by-step tool help

Use the correct solver

Pick the guide that matches the objects in your puzzle: connected liquid layers or individual balls.

Water Sort - Solver

How to Use the Water Sort Solver

Turn a bottle layout into bottom-to-top JSON, verify the preview, solve it, and inspect the replay.

Best for: checking a liquid-layer puzzle or understanding a Water Sort move list.JSON inputValidationReplaySet up the Water Solver Ball Sort - Solver

How to Use the Ball Sort Solver

Enter complete tube JSON, pass the four-ball checks, and replay a solution one ball at a time.

Best for: solving a standard tube puzzle with discrete one-ball moves.Tube JSONOne-ball ruleSearch statesSet up the Ball Solver

Build stronger Water Sort habits

Improve strategy and input accuracy

Learn how to protect working space, then make sure the Solver receives the board you actually see.

Water Sort - Strategy

Water Sort Strategy Guide

Plan pours around empty-bottle space, connected top groups, buried colors, and safe finishes.

Best for: players who can make legal pours but still get trapped later.Empty bottlesColor groupsRecoveryLearn better pour strategy Water Sort - Input

Bottle JSON Format Guide

Learn exactly how bottles, layers, empty containers, color IDs, and wrapper objects are written.

Best for: fixing an upside-down preview, count warning, or invalid level input.Bottom to topColor IDsExamplesUnderstand bottle JSON

Ready to work on a puzzle?

Open a sorting puzzle tool

Build a Water Sort layout, search either ruleset, or review a shared Water Sort solution.

Water Sort Solver Ball Sort Solver Level Editor Solution Replay

Explore Sorting Game Categories

Choose the sorting style that matches the way you want to play.

Water Sort GamesBottle puzzles with layered colors, legal pours, and spare-space strategy.Ball Sort GamesTube puzzles built around top-ball moves, color groups, and open tubes.Goods Sort GamesShelf and object puzzles about matching items while keeping useful space open.