Tiles #40 (November 5, 2026): Ink Board, Layer Mix and a Perfect 45-Combo Route

Tiles #40 was the Ink board at hard difficulty on Thursday, November 5, 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 60 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 #40 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, 60 search nodes
Free picks along the perfect route	15

What's on the board

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

A perfect route for Tiles #40: 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 mark (plus).
row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 5: they share the cut-out (slot).
row 1, column 5 → row 4, column 2: they share the silhouette (shield).
row 4, column 2 → row 2, column 5: they share the cut-out (square hole).
row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 2: they share the silhouette (clover).
row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3: they share the cut-out (diamond hole).
row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 1: they share the silhouette (four-point star).
row 4, column 1 → row 1, column 2: they share the mark (heart).
row 1, column 2 → row 2, column 2: they share the silhouette (diamond).
row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 3: they share the cut-out (bar).
row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 4: they share the silhouette (pentagon).

48 more taps complete the chain without a single miss.

Tiles #40 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	four-point star cross hole plus	diamond round hole heart	pentagon slot plus	shield ring hole plus	shield slot plus
Row 2	square ring hole small diamond	diamond bar heart	pentagon bar crescent	pentagon star hole heart	clover square hole drop
Row 3	diamond bar leaf	clover diamond hole hollow dot	four-point star diamond hole drop	octagon cross hole dot	circle square hole small diamond
Row 4	four-point star diamond hole heart	shield square hole dot	shield ring hole leaf	four-point star ring hole drop	octagon star hole dot
Row 5	square round hole hollow dot	octagon slot hollow dot	octagon slot small diamond	circle cross hole dot	pentagon round hole small diamond
Row 6	square cross hole crescent	circle round hole drop	diamond square hole hollow dot	circle bar leaf	square diamond hole leaf

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Tiles #40 (November 5, 2026): the board and a perfect route

Tiles #40 in numbers

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