SevenBlocks

Daily Sliding Block Puzzle: Free the Red Block

Unblock is a daily sliding block puzzle, like the classic traffic-jam puzzles. Slide the blocks around a 6×6 grid to clear a path, then get the red key block out through the exit on the right.

How to play Unblock

1. The red block sits on the exit row. Your goal is to slide it out through the gap on the right.
2. Drag any block to slide it. Blocks only move along their length: across if they lie across, up and down if they stand up.
3. A block can slide as far as it likes in one move, until it meets another block or the edge.
4. Use Undo to take back a move. Solve it in as few moves as you can, as quickly as you can.

Tips

• Work backwards: find which blocks stand in the red block’s path, then what stops each of those from moving.
• A long block in the way can often only go one way. Check where it fits before shuffling the small ones.
• Slide each block all the way at once where you can. One long slide counts as one move, the same as a short one.
• Try a plan in your head before you start: each move counts, but thinking time only matters as a tie-breaker.

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