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Sand Blocks Level 117 Walkthrough

Intermediate

Video guide

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Level board

Sand Blocks Level 117 board layout

How to clear Sand Blocks Level 117

For the exact move order on Level 117, watch the video walkthrough above from start to finish — every clear published here is a real, unedited run of this board. The principles below are the ones our editors apply to Intermediate boards when they retry one themselves.

  1. 1

    Watch the full clear

    Press play above and follow the run start to finish before touching the board. Seeing one correct order is faster than a dozen blind attempts.

  2. 2

    Scan before you pull

    Before committing to a move, find every color on the board and the pit that holds the most grains of it. The survey is what makes the order obvious.

  3. 3

    Open the biggest pit first

    The largest flow takes the longest to drain. Filling it early frees the most space for every pull that follows.

  4. 4

    Plan the order, not the speed

    There is no move limit here — only the clock. A few seconds spent deciding which color goes next saves a full restart.

  5. 5

    Unblock before you commit

    When one color's flow would settle sand around another color's grains, clear the blocking flow first. Pulling into a trapped pit wastes moves you cannot get back.

  6. 6

    Sweep the edge pits early

    Edge pockets rarely block the center, so take them while the board is still open and the drags are cheap.

Pro tips for Sand Blocks Level 117

Reset when stuck

A few pulls into a messy board, restarting is faster than salvaging — the clock makes patience cheap.

Play it blind

After watching a walkthrough, clear the level without the video running. That is how the order actually sticks.

Biggest first

Fill the largest sand pit before the small ones. It takes the longest, and opening it up early makes every later pull land cleanly.

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