Sort the Nuts by Color Online Free - Nut Sorting Puzzle Game

What Is Sort the Nuts by Color?

Sort the Nuts by Color is a satisfying screw-and-nut sorting puzzle: a rack of screws holds stacks of coloured nuts, and you move them screw by screw until every screw holds nuts of a single colour. It plays like the ball-sort genre with a hardware-store twist — one tap lifts, one tap drops — and it is free to play right in your browser, no download needed.

Sort the Nuts by Color start screen explaining the lift-and-drop rule, same-colour stacking and the locked screw — The launch screen doubles as the rule card: lift the top run, drop it only on the same colour or an empty screw, and every cleared level pays +10 points.

How to Play Sort the Nuts by Color

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Tap a screw to lift its top nuts. A whole run of same-coloured nuts on top of the stack lifts together, so tidy groups move in one action.
Tap another screw to drop them. The lifted nuts can only land on an empty screw or on a nut of the same colour — mixed landings are not allowed.
Repeat until every screw is uniform. A screw is done when all its nuts share one colour; complete every screw on the board to win the level.
Use the locked screw wisely. The small screw with a padlock is extra storage — it unlocks when its countdown ends, perfect for parking a stubborn stack.

Level 2 nut sorting board with four stacked coloured screws, two empty screws and one small locked screw on the right — A Level 2 board. Four screws hold mixed stacks, two screws are completely empty, and the small screw on the far right wears a padlock - that is your bonus storage slot.

A yellow group of nuts lifted off the first screw and hovering above the board — Tapping a screw lifts the whole same-coloured run on top of it. Here the yellow block is airborne and the bare thread underneath is revealed.

The yellow nuts dropped onto a previously empty screw, with the move counter reading 1 — One tap on an empty screw lands the group and the counter ticks to MOVES 1. Groups always travel together, which is why tidy stacks clear fastest.

Reading the Board: One Lift, One Drop

Everything in this puzzle happens in two taps, so it helps to know exactly what you are looking at before you touch anything. The screenshots above show a complete two-tap sequence on a Level 2 board.

Stacks on the left are the puzzle. Each screw is loaded top to bottom, and the top run of one colour is what you can lift. The moment two colours meet in a stack, that boundary is where your problem lives.
Empty screws are your working space. They look like bare threaded rods with a flat base. In the Level 2 shot there are two of them - and you want to keep at least one free as a buffer.
The padlocked screw is temporary extra room. It sits to the right, shorter than the rest, and can only hold a few nuts. It unlocks when its countdown runs out and relocks once you empty it again.
The header tracks your run. LEVEL tells you the difficulty (which also fixes the number of colours), MOVES counts every lift-and-drop you make, and SCORE is banked at +10 per cleared level.

In the sequence above, one lift and one drop cleared nothing on its own - it merely moved a yellow block onto an empty screw. That is exactly the kind of quiet preparatory move good players make: it consolidates a colour, frees the screw underneath, and sets up the group that will actually finish a stack.

Sort the Nuts Rules at a Glance

Rule	Detail
Move type	Lift the top run of nuts, then drop it on another screw
Landing rule	Empty screw only, or a nut of the same colour
Group move	Consecutive same-coloured nuts lift as one block
Win condition	Every screw holds nuts of a single colour
Bonus storage	Padlocked mini-screw unlocks after a countdown
Cost & access	Free, no download, no sign-up

Scoring Rules

Each level you advance adds 10 points.
Level 1: 3 nut colors, 8 nuts of each color, 5 screws, plus one small screw that can be temporarily unlocked.
Level 2: 4 nut colors, 10 nuts of each color, 6 screws, plus one small screw that can be temporarily unlocked.
Level 3: 5 nut colors, 12 nuts of each color, 7 screws, plus one small screw that can be temporarily unlocked.
Level 4: 5 nut colors, 16 nuts of each color, 7 screws, plus one small screw that can be temporarily unlocked.
Level 5: 5 nut colors, 20 nuts of each color, 7 screws, plus one small screw that can be temporarily unlocked.
Level 6: 5 nut colors, 20 nuts of each color, 7 screws, plus one small screw that can be temporarily unlocked.
Level 7: 5 nut colors, 20 nuts of each color, 7 screws, plus one small screw that can be temporarily unlocked. However, starting from Level 7 the 7th screw can hold only 19 nuts; from Level 8 it holds 18, and so on — one fewer at each level.
Finally, see who can reach the highest score!

Master these rules and plan your moves ahead — the highest score is waiting for you.

Level complete panel reading Level 2 Complete with the score at 10 and Next Level and Submit Score buttons — Clearing every screw shows the level-complete panel: the score jumps by +10 and you can roll straight into the next level or bank your run on the leaderboard.

Strategy Tips

Keep one screw empty as a buffer. When the board gets crowded, a spare screw is the difference between a smooth rotation and a dead lock — don't fill it without a plan.
Move groups, not singles. A whole run of same-coloured nuts travels together, so building runs early multiplies every later move.
Plan two moves ahead. A wrong drop can bury the colour you need; before you lift, check where the stack will land and what that uncovers.

Sort the Nuts FAQ

Is Sort the Nuts by Color free?

Yes — the game on this site is completely free. It runs directly in your browser on desktop and mobile, with no download and no sign-up.

Can I drop nuts on any screw I like?

Not quite — a lifted stack can only land on an empty screw or on top of a nut of the same colour. That single rule is what makes the puzzle, so plan your drops around it.

What is the padlocked screw for?

It is bonus storage space. The padlock opens when its countdown ends, giving you one more screw to park nuts on and untangle boards that would otherwise jam.