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Words of Hanoi #39: 20 Oct 2026
This is the Words of Hanoi puzzle Crux set for Tuesday 20 Oct 2026 (UTC), number 39 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
- TSOK
- IK
- IKG
- R
- NO
Tube 1: T S O K. Tube 2: I K. Tube 3: I K G. Tube 4: R. Tube 5: N O. 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 K, R, T.
Hint 2: one word
One of the words is TOOK.
The answer: all 3 words
TOOK, RISK, KING. Any arrangement where every full tube spells a word from the list also counts, so you may finish with different words.
- TOOK
- RISK
- KING
The full solution in 28 moves
- Move N from tube 5 to tube 4.
- Move I from tube 2 to tube 3.
- Move T from tube 1 to tube 5.
- Move T from tube 5 to tube 2.
- Move T from tube 2 to tube 4.
- Move I from tube 3 to tube 4.
- Move S from tube 1 to tube 3.
- Move O from tube 5 to tube 1.
- Move S from tube 3 to tube 2.
- Move I from tube 4 to tube 3.
- Move I from tube 3 to tube 1.
- Move I from tube 3 to tube 2.
- Move T from tube 4 to tube 2.
- Move K from tube 3 to tube 5.
- Move N from tube 4 to tube 3.
- Move K from tube 5 to tube 3.
- Move R from tube 4 to tube 5.
- Move R from tube 5 to tube 3.
- Move T from tube 2 to tube 5.
- Move R from tube 3 to tube 5.
- Move I from tube 1 to tube 4.
- Move I from tube 4 to tube 5.
- Move K from tube 3 to tube 4.
- Move I from tube 5 to tube 3.
- Move K from tube 4 to tube 5.
- Move K from tube 5 to tube 3.
- Move R from tube 5 to tube 2.
- Move T from tube 5 to tube 1.
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 T, I, I, R, N.
- 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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