Color Sort Solver
A universal solver for color sorting games — balls, hoops, buttons, blocks, or nuts & bolts. Enter the stacks, get every move to the win, free.
Pick a color below, then click a tube to drop balls in bottom to top — copy them exactly as they appear in your level. Pick the eraser to remove a tube's top ball.
Solution
One solver, every color sort variant
Ball & hoop stack
Classic color sort: one piece moves at a time onto a matching color or an empty stack. That's exactly what this solver plays.
Nut & bolt sort
Nuts threaded on bolts follow the same rules — treat each bolt as a tube, each nut as a ball, and the solution maps one to one.
Liquid levels
Water and paint games pour whole color runs at once — those need the water sort solver instead.
Prefer playing to solving? Our free ball sort game has unlimited levels with a built-in hint button, and the strategy guide teaches you to need this solver less.
Color sort solver FAQ
Which color sort games does this solver handle?
Any tube- or stack-based color sorting game where pieces move one at a time: ball sort, hoop stack style games, nut and bolt sort, block sort, button sort and similar puzzles with 4 or 5 pieces per stack.
What about liquid color sort games?
Liquid games pour a whole run of one color at once — for those use our water sort solver, which follows pouring rules.
Is this color sort solver free?
Yes — free, unlimited, no account. Everything runs locally in your browser.
Can I share a puzzle with a friend?
Yes. The Share button copies a link that encodes your exact puzzle, so whoever opens it sees the same stacks and can view the same solution.