Orderwick sorting tips: think two moves ahead

1. Protect your empty column

The empty column is your most valuable resource. Every time you fill it, ask what you will do when you need it again. Prefer moves that put cards onto a column of the same type.

2. Reveal before you build

Cards under a question mark decide how the board plays out. Reveal them early, because a clean column built on a guess often has to be taken apart again.

3. Treat a free slot as a loan

A free slot holds one card. Parking a card there is fine if the next move frees something; if it does not, you have spent a slot for nothing. Try to get the card back out soon.

4. Count the types

When a board has a type with only a few cards left in play, those cards are easy to gather. Start with types that are nearly complete, they empty columns for you.

5. Look at the whole column

You can move a run of equal cards at once. Before moving a single card, check whether the cards under it match, because moving the whole run is usually better.

6. Keep the one undo for a real mistake

You only have one undo per board. Think of it as insurance, not as a way to test ideas.

7. Use rescue without guilt

Rescue costs one level but never ends your run, and you return to your level once the board is solved. A stuck board is a good reason to use it.

Play a board now Practice makes the pattern obvious.