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Words of Hanoi #18: 29 Sep 2026
This is the Words of Hanoi puzzle Crux set for Tuesday 29 Sep 2026 (UTC), number 18 since the game started on 12 Sep 2026. The board has 5 tubes, four tiles tall. Sort the letters into 3 four-letter words. Par is 28 moves.
The starting board
- UCE
- FMB
- ALO
- MPC
Tube 1: U C E. Tube 2: F M B. Tube 3: empty. Tube 4: A L O. Tube 5: M P C. The top of each tube is its first letter.
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Hints and answer
Each one opens on a tap, so you only see what you ask for.
Hint 1: the first letters
The setter's words start with C, F, P.
Hint 2: one word
One of the words is FACE.
The answer: all 3 words
FACE, COMB, PLUM. Any arrangement where every full tube spells a word from the list also counts, so you may finish with different words.
- FACE
- COMB
- PLUM
The full solution in 28 moves
- Move M from tube 5 to tube 1.
- Move A from tube 4 to tube 5.
- Move A from tube 5 to tube 3.
- Move L from tube 4 to tube 2.
- Move A from tube 3 to tube 5.
- Move O from tube 4 to tube 5.
- Move M from tube 1 to tube 3.
- Move L from tube 2 to tube 4.
- Move F from tube 2 to tube 4.
- Move O from tube 5 to tube 2.
- Move U from tube 1 to tube 3.
- Move A from tube 5 to tube 2.
- Move F from tube 4 to tube 5.
- Move A from tube 2 to tube 1.
- Move L from tube 4 to tube 2.
- Move L from tube 2 to tube 1.
- Move L from tube 1 to tube 3.
- Move F from tube 5 to tube 2.
- Move P from tube 5 to tube 4.
- Move F from tube 2 to tube 3.
- Move F from tube 3 to tube 4.
- Move C from tube 5 to tube 3.
- Move F from tube 4 to tube 2.
- Move F from tube 2 to tube 1.
- Move P from tube 4 to tube 5.
- Move C from tube 3 to tube 2.
- Move P from tube 5 to tube 4.
- Move P from tube 4 to tube 3.
How to play Words of Hanoi
- Lift the top letter. Tap a tube to pick up its top tile. Only the top tile moves.
- Make some room. Tap another tube that has space. Any letter may sit on any other.
- Read top to bottom. Finish when every tube with letters spells a four-letter word from the list. Spare tubes may stay empty.
Tips for this board
- Start with the word that has the most letters already in order. The top letters right now are U, F, A, M.
- Keep a tube empty as long as you can. This board has 2 spare tubes, and an empty one is where you park a letter you need later.
- Build each word from the bottom up: the last letter goes in first.
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