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Tiles #38 (November 3, 2026): the board and a perfect route

The Terrazzo medium board from Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Play it first; the perfect route is folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Building the board…

Tiles #38 was the Terrazzo board at medium difficulty on Tuesday, November 3, 2026: 30 tiles in 5 columns and 6 rows, each tile a stack of 3 layers (disc, triangle and square), with 6 different discs, 6 triangles and 6 squares 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 shape per layer, only the colours change.

Tiles #38 in numbers

Set and difficultyTerrazzo, Medium
Tiles30 (5×6)
Layers per tile3: disc, triangle and square
Different shapes per layer6 · 6 · 6
Perfect combo (par)45 matches
Perfect chain foundyes, 62 search nodes
Free picks along the perfect route17

What's on the board

LayerShapes and how often each appears
Discgold ×6, sky ×6, violet ×6, coral ×4, rose ×4, slate ×4
Trianglerose ×6, violet ×6, slate ×6, lavender ×4, sky ×4, peach ×4
Squaresky ×6, peach ×6, slate ×6, lavender ×4, lime ×4, violet ×4
A perfect route for Tiles #38: 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 4: they share the disc (coral).

  3. row 2, column 4 → row 1, column 2: they share the square (slate).

  4. row 1, column 2 → row 3, column 1: they share the disc (rose).

  5. row 3, column 1 → row 2, column 5: they share the square (sky).

  6. row 2, column 5 → row 1, column 5: they share the disc (slate).

  7. row 1, column 5 → row 2, column 2: they share the square (peach).

  8. row 2, column 2 → row 1, column 3: they share the disc (violet).

  9. row 1, column 3 → row 3, column 3: they share the square (sky).

  10. row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 2: they share the triangle (sky).

  11. row 3, column 2 → row 1, column 4: they share the disc (sky).

  12. row 1, column 4 → row 2, column 1: they share the triangle (lavender).

50 more taps complete the chain without a single miss.

Tiles #38 board, tile by tile

Each cell lists the tile's disc, triangle and square, top to bottom.

Col 1Col 2Col 3Col 4Col 5
Row 1coral
rose
sky
rose
violet
slate
violet
rose
sky
sky
lavender
lime
slate
sky
peach
Row 2slate
lavender
slate
violet
slate
peach
violet
peach
peach
coral
peach
slate
slate
slate
sky
Row 3rose
rose
sky
sky
sky
lavender
coral
sky
sky
gold
rose
lime
gold
slate
lavender
Row 4gold
lavender
lime
rose
violet
lavender
rose
violet
peach
sky
peach
violet
gold
slate
peach
Row 5sky
peach
lime
gold
rose
violet
sky
lavender
peach
slate
violet
violet
violet
slate
violet
Row 6gold
rose
slate
coral
violet
sky
violet
slate
slate
violet
violet
lavender
sky
sky
slate

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