Colony Flow Level 442 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Level 442 Video Walkthrough
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📋 Written practice guide (web version)board preview, color breakdown & loading order for the playable web level
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What You're Up Against
Level 442 paints Rainbow with 388 tiles across 5 colors, split into 13 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Yellow: 102 tiles → cubes of 44, 22, 20, 16
- Jade: 86 tiles → cubes of 50, 24, 12
- Brown: 74 tiles → cubes of 53, 21
- Cyan: 66 tiles → cubes of 39, 27
- Lime: 60 tiles → cubes of 40, 20
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Lime 20, Lime 40
🔒 1 locked cube — free the cube above them before they can be picked.
Step-by-Step Solution
This loading order was computed from the web level layout with a reachability-first strategy: always feed the ants colors they can actually reach, and never let all 5 slots fill with blocked colors. Tap hidden “?” cubes only when you have slot room to absorb a surprise color.
Load the cubes in this order, letting the ants work between picks. Unless noted, a cube's tiles are fully reachable when you send it.
- Send the Cyan 27 cube.
- Send the Lime 20 cube.
- Send the Yellow 20 cube.
- Send the Cyan 39 cube. Only ~25 of its 39 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Brown 21 cube.
- Send the Brown 53 cube. Only ~29 of its 53 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Yellow 22 cube.
- Send the Yellow 16 cube.
- Send the Yellow 44 cube. Only ~34 of its 44 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Jade 24 cube.
- Send the Jade 12 cube.
- Send the Jade 50 cube. Only ~32 of its 50 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Lime 40 cube. Only ~34 of its 40 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
Finish without boosters for 3 stars and bonus coins. If the board jams anyway, a Shuffle or Vacuum booster is the cheapest way out.