Can I take a seated piece back out?

Seated pieces are fixed in their correct positions. Sorting and parking apply to pieces that have not seated.

Will a parked piece return to the tray if I let go?

An on-board drop leaves it there unless it seats. An off-board drop returns it to the tray. To seat a piece by dragging, release near its own position after slowing down.

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Make room for the pieces you are working on

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Group fragments that seem to belong together. You can reorder the tray or leave pieces loose on the board near the region you are building.

A parked piece is not seated. It stays where you leave it, does not count as progress and can block the square beneath its centre. Drag it away when you need that square; dropping it off the board returns it to the tray.

Example 1: Clear the square before placing its piece

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A loose piece covers row 2, column 2. The seated neighbour above makes the position reachable, but the parked piece still blocks it.

The correct fragment belongs below the seated piece at row 1, column 2. A different piece has been parked over that position.

Move the parked piece first. In the practice below a button returns it to the tray; in the game, drag it off the board.

Try it yourself

Try the reasoning yourself. Choose an answer to see the explanation.

Piece A belongs to the left of the seated right-edge piece, but a different fragment covers its square. Return the parked piece to the tray, then select Piece A and place it. The return button stands in for an off-board drag in this exercise.

Choose a piece, then tap its square

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How to spot it faster

Keep candidates near a useful region, but leave the square you are trying to fill clear.
Drag along the tray to reorder pieces; the gap marks where the piece will land.
Shuffle changes tray order. It does not move seated pieces or solve a position.

Common mistakes

Counting parked pieces as progress

Only seated pieces count. A parked fragment may be near its destination and still need a careful final move.

Trying the same blocked drop repeatedly

Check for a loose piece covering the target square. Move it away before trying again.

Questions

Try it

On a 16-piece board, group a few related fragments in the tray. If you park one on the board, move it aside before placing the fragment that belongs in that square.

Play solo on 16 pieces