Flip It!

Flip It! is a Kindle Game to exercise your brain.

You can check out the Flip It Kindle Videos page. You can also check out the Flip It Questions & Answers Page. This page is a short introduction to the game.

If you get stuck at a level please check the Flip It Hints Page. Do try a few times before checking the solutions.

Here’s what Flip It looks like -

Flip It Screen
Flip It – Note that the background behind the squares is no longer there

It has a simple premise – You have a grid of squares that can be white or black. You have to make all the squares white to win.

You do this by ‘flipping’ squares. The twist is that when you flip a square, the squares around it flip too. In particular, the squares above, below, to the left, and to the right also switch color.

flip a square and squares around it flip too

Flip It - How a Flip Works

There are 40 levels of varying difficulty. You have to finish all the levels before a particular level to be able to access that level.

A Few Hints for Flip It

There’s a hard way to do each level, and an easy way to do each level. Some things that help -

  1. Think in patterns and use symmetry.
  2. Flip squares at the corners if you want to affect less other squares.
  3. Look for easy solutions rather than hard ones.

Using the corners is necessary in almost every level.

Using the corners makes things easier

Using the Corners in Flip It!

In the higher up levels (beyond Level 8) symmetry becomes very important.

always look for symmetric solutions

Finish a level in 4 moves

40 Levels of Flip It

Flip It has 40 levels. The first few are very easy. Then things start getting tougher.

75% of the First 20 levels can be finished in 10 or less flips. Some of them might take a long time – You can always press Menu and choose ‘Reset Level’ to start over.

If you’re stuck at a level please leave a comment with your email and the level and I’ll send you a possible solution.

More on FlipIt soon including videos.

6 Responses

  1. i am having difficulty solving puzzle# 27. pleaase help

  2. I need major HELP with level 34. I have tried to no avail to pass this level. Could someone please tell me the solution to pass this level.

    • I’m adding a walkthrough for Level 34 to the Flip It Hints page. Should be up in 10-15 minutes.

      1st get the 4 corners.

      2nd get the 4 corners of the inner square, i.e. the 2nd and 5th square on the 2nd row, and the 2nd and 5th squares on the 4th row.

      Then get the 4 outermost corners again.

      Then get the 2nd and 5th squares of the 3rd row.

      Then get the 3rd and 4th squares of the 2nd row.

      Finally, get the 3rd and 4th squares of the 4th row.

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