How to play Color Links

The goal

Rules

• Lines run between squares up, down, left and right, never diagonally.
• Lines can’t cross or share a square, and they can’t pass through other dots.
• The puzzle is solved when every pair is linked and no square is left empty.
• Every puzzle is new and has exactly one solution.

Drawing

• Drag from a dot to draw its line. Drag from anywhere along a line to carry on from there.
• Drag back over your own line to shorten it.
• Drawing over another color’s line cuts it back. Move off again before you let go and it comes back.
• Tap a dot to clear its line. Undo takes back your last line.

Progress

• Links shows how many pairs are joined, and Filled how much of the board is covered.
• A joined line’s squares take a stronger wash of its color.
• Each dot has a letter as well as a color, so pairs are easy to match whatever colors you see.

Difficulty

• Easy: 5×5 board with 4 to 6 colors.
• Normal: 7×7 board with 6 to 8 colors.
• Hard: 9×9 board with 9 to 11 colors.
• Your best times are kept separately for each difficulty.

Keyboard

• Press a dot’s letter to pick that color, then use the arrow keys to draw from its line’s end. Backspace clears it, Esc lets go, and Ctrl or ⌘+Z undoes.

Questions

Strategy guides