How to play Magic Sort
Pour glowing potions from vial to vial until every vial holds a single colour. Simple to pick up, genuinely tricky to master — with unlimited undo, a hint that actually helps, and a fresh brew every day.
Play Magic SortSorting looks like a colour-matching game and is really a planning one. You may only pour onto an empty vial or onto the same colour, and only when there is room — so the order you commit to your moves in decides whether the board stays winnable. Getting stuck is part of it, which is why undo is unlimited and free.
Every board here is generated and then verified by a solver before you ever see it, so you are never handed an impossible puzzle — a common frustration in ad-funded sorting apps. If you are truly stuck, the hint plays a move that is genuinely on a path to a solution rather than just any legal pour.
There is a daily brew too, seeded from the date so every player gets the same board on the same day, with a streak for solving it. Difficulty runs from a gentle five potions up to a demanding eleven, and a colour-blind label mode puts a letter on every potion.
What you can use it for
- Wind down with a calm puzzle that has no timer and no way to lose.
- Fill a commute or a waiting room with something that needs no signal after the first load.
- Give an older family member a daily puzzle with large, easy tap targets.
- Play a sorting puzzle that is genuinely always solvable, without ads between levels.
- Keep a daily streak on the same board everyone else is playing.
How it works, step by step
- 1
Tap a vial to lift
Tap any vial to pick up the block of potion at the top of it.
- 2
Tap where to pour
Tap a second vial. Pouring is allowed onto an empty vial, or onto the same colour with room left.
- 3
Undo freely
Stuck? Undo as many moves as you like — there is no penalty and no limit.
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Use a hint
The hint plays a move that is on a real path to the solution, not just any legal pour.
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Finish the brew
Solve it when every vial is empty or full of one colour, then move up a difficulty or take on the daily brew.
Frequently asked questions
Is every board solvable?
Yes. Each one is checked by a solver before it is shown to you, so no puzzle here is ever impossible. If you get stuck, undo or take a hint.
How do you play a sorting puzzle?
Tap a vial to pick up the colour on top, then tap another to pour it. You can only pour onto an empty vial or onto the same colour, and only if there is space. You win when every vial holds a single colour.
Is it the same as water sort or ball sort?
The rules are identical — only the theme differs. If you like one, the strategy carries over exactly.
What is the daily brew?
One board per day, generated from the date, so every player gets the identical puzzle. Solving it extends a streak stored on your own device.
I am colour blind — can I still play?
Yes. Turn on Labels and every potion carries a letter, so no move depends on telling two colours apart.
Is it free?
Yes — every difficulty, the daily brew, undo and hints are all free, with no sign-up.
Free, no download and no sign-up. Works on phone and desktop.
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