Tiles #19 (October 15, 2026): Ink Board, Layer Mix and a Perfect 45-Combo Route

Tiles #19 was the Ink board at hard difficulty on Thursday, October 15, 2026: 30 tiles in 5 columns and 6 rows, each tile a stack of 3 layers (silhouette, cut-out and mark), with 8 different silhouettes, 8 cut-outs and 8 marks in play. Every layer value appears an even number of times and no two tiles are identical. The longest possible combo is 45: clear the board in one unbroken chain where every match removes exactly one layer. Our solver confirmed such a chain exists after 62 search nodes, which is what the hint button follows when it marks a tile. One ink, a cut-out and a gold mark: read the silhouettes.

Tiles #19 in numbers

Set and difficulty	Ink, Hard
Tiles	30 (5×6)
Layers per tile	3: silhouette, cut-out and mark
Different shapes per layer	8 · 8 · 8
Perfect combo (par)	45 matches
Perfect chain found	yes, 62 search nodes
Free picks along the perfect route	17

What's on the board

Layer	Shapes and how often each appears
Silhouette	circle ×4, square ×4, diamond ×4, hexagon ×4, octagon ×4, four-point star ×4, clover ×4, pentagon ×2
Cut-out	square hole ×4, slot ×4, bar ×4, triangle hole ×4, cross hole ×4, half-moon hole ×4, star hole ×4, round hole ×2
Mark	star ×4, crescent ×4, dot ×4, plus ×4, leaf ×4, drop ×4, bolt ×4, small diamond ×2

A perfect route for Tiles #19: the first 12 taps

One way to clear the board in a single 45-combo, as our solver plays it. Rows and columns are counted from the top-left corner.

Start on row 1, column 1 (free pick).
row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 3: they share the cut-out (cross hole).
row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4: they share the mark (dot).
row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 2: they share the cut-out (star hole).
row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 5: they share the mark (star).
row 1, column 5 → row 2, column 4: they share the cut-out (slot).
row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 1: they share the silhouette (hexagon).
row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 4: they share the cut-out (half-moon hole).
row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 5: they share the mark (crescent).
row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 3: they share the cut-out (triangle hole).
row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 5: they share the silhouette (circle).
row 2, column 5 → row 5, column 1: they share the cut-out (slot).

50 more taps complete the chain without a single miss.

Tiles #19 board, tile by tile

Each cell lists the tile's silhouette, cut-out and mark, top to bottom.

	Col 1	Col 2	Col 3	Col 4	Col 5
Row 1	clover cross hole drop	pentagon star hole star	diamond cross hole dot	square star hole dot	diamond slot star
Row 2	hexagon half-moon hole leaf	hexagon bar bolt	circle triangle hole drop	hexagon slot small diamond	circle slot small diamond
Row 3	hexagon square hole drop	four-point star bar dot	four-point star star hole plus	pentagon half-moon hole crescent	square triangle hole crescent
Row 4	clover triangle hole leaf	octagon cross hole plus	clover square hole bolt	square triangle hole star	octagon square hole crescent
Row 5	octagon slot leaf	clover bar bolt	square half-moon hole star	diamond star hole drop	diamond bar plus
Row 6	octagon cross hole leaf	circle round hole bolt	circle square hole plus	four-point star half-moon hole crescent	four-point star round hole dot

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Tiles #19 (October 15, 2026): the board and a perfect route

Tiles #19 in numbers

What's on the board

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