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Tiles #36 (November 1, 2026): the board and a perfect route

The Compass hard board from Sunday, November 1, 2026. Play it first; the perfect route is folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Building the board…

Tiles #36 was the Compass board at hard difficulty on Sunday, November 1, 2026: 30 tiles in 5 columns and 6 rows, each tile a stack of 3 layers (arrow, pin and tick), with 8 different arrows, 8 pins and 8 ticks 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 63 search nodes, which is what the hint button follows when it marks a tile. Same shapes everywhere; only the direction differs.

Tiles #36 in numbers

Set and difficultyCompass, Hard
Tiles30 (5×6)
Layers per tile3: arrow, pin and tick
Different shapes per layer8 · 8 · 8
Perfect combo (par)45 matches
Perfect chain foundyes, 63 search nodes
Free picks along the perfect route18

What's on the board

LayerShapes and how often each appears
Arrowarrow pointing north ×4, arrow pointing north-east ×4, arrow pointing east ×4, arrow pointing south-east ×4, arrow pointing south-west ×4, arrow pointing west ×4, arrow pointing north-west ×4, arrow pointing south ×2
Pinpin pointing north-east ×4, pin pointing east ×4, pin pointing south-east ×4, pin pointing south ×4, pin pointing south-west ×4, pin pointing west ×4, pin pointing north-west ×4, pin pointing north ×2
Ticktick pointing north ×4, tick pointing north-east ×4, tick pointing east ×4, tick pointing south ×4, tick pointing south-west ×4, tick pointing west ×4, tick pointing north-west ×4, tick pointing south-east ×2
A perfect route for Tiles #36: 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.

  1. Start on row 1, column 1 (free pick).

  2. row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 2: they share the tick (tick pointing north).

  3. row 2, column 2 → row 1, column 3: they share the pin (pin pointing north-west).

  4. row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 4: they share the tick (tick pointing west).

  5. row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 5: they share the pin (pin pointing east).

  6. row 1, column 5 → row 3, column 2: they share the arrow (arrow pointing north-west).

  7. row 3, column 2 → row 1, column 2: they share the tick (tick pointing south).

  8. row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 4: they share the arrow (arrow pointing south-east).

  9. row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 1: they share the tick (tick pointing south-west).

  10. row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 4: they share the pin (pin pointing west).

  11. row 3, column 4 → row 2, column 5: they share the arrow (arrow pointing south-west).

  12. row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 1: they share the tick (tick pointing east).

51 more taps complete the chain without a single miss.

Tiles #36 board, tile by tile

Each cell lists the tile's arrow, pin and tick, top to bottom.

Col 1Col 2Col 3Col 4Col 5
Row 1arrow pointing north-east
pin pointing south
tick pointing north
arrow pointing south-east
pin pointing south-west
tick pointing south
arrow pointing west
pin pointing north-west
tick pointing west
arrow pointing south-east
pin pointing north-east
tick pointing south-west
arrow pointing north-west
pin pointing east
tick pointing north-east
Row 2arrow pointing north
pin pointing west
tick pointing south-west
arrow pointing east
pin pointing north-west
tick pointing north
arrow pointing north-east
pin pointing south-west
tick pointing north
arrow pointing north-east
pin pointing east
tick pointing west
arrow pointing south-west
pin pointing north-east
tick pointing east
Row 3arrow pointing south-west
pin pointing north-west
tick pointing east
arrow pointing north-west
pin pointing south-east
tick pointing south
arrow pointing north-east
pin pointing north-west
tick pointing south-west
arrow pointing south-west
pin pointing west
tick pointing south-east
arrow pointing south-east
pin pointing south-east
tick pointing south
Row 4arrow pointing west
pin pointing south
tick pointing north-east
arrow pointing west
pin pointing south
tick pointing east
arrow pointing south
pin pointing north
tick pointing north-west
arrow pointing south-west
pin pointing east
tick pointing north-east
arrow pointing north-west
pin pointing east
tick pointing west
Row 5arrow pointing north
pin pointing south-east
tick pointing north-west
arrow pointing west
pin pointing north-east
tick pointing south
arrow pointing east
pin pointing south-east
tick pointing north
arrow pointing east
pin pointing north-east
tick pointing north-east
arrow pointing south-east
pin pointing west
tick pointing south-east
Row 6arrow pointing north-west
pin pointing west
tick pointing north-west
arrow pointing north
pin pointing south-west
tick pointing south-west
arrow pointing south
pin pointing south
tick pointing north-west
arrow pointing north
pin pointing north
tick pointing west
arrow pointing east
pin pointing south-west
tick pointing east

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