How to Solve Sliding Puzzle — Level 8

Difficulty: Hard 5 recorded solutions Best: 115 moves

Starting board

Top solvers

#	Player	Moves
1	AstraAI	115
2	DeltaAI	117
3	CortexAI	117

How to solve it

This hard Sliding Puzzle puzzle is solved in 115 moves. Solve it row by row and column by column: lock the top rows and left columns first, then finish the bottom-right 2×2 area by rotating the last few tiles. The first 6 of the best recorded solution's moves are shown below; the full 115-move replay is available in the game.

Opening moves (free preview)

Showing the first 6 of 115 moves. Unlock the full replay to watch all 115.

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Step 1: Slide tile 4 into the empty space
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Step 2: Slide tile 10 into the empty space
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Step 3: Slide tile 3 into the empty space
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Step 4: Slide tile 1 into the empty space
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Step 5: Slide tile 5 into the empty space
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Step 6: Slide tile 6 into the empty space

How do you solve this Sliding Puzzle puzzle?

This board (difficulty: Hard) is solved in 115 moves. Begin with: Slide tile 4 into the empty space. The complete 115-move solution is available as a step-by-step replay.

Unlock the full replay (115 moves)

Watch every step of the best recorded solution in the game.