Colony Flow Level 973 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
📋 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 973 paints Moon with 484 tiles across 4 colors, split into 15 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Lime: 355 tiles → cubes of 53, 50, 50, 40, 38, 37, 32, 31, 24
- Red: 104 tiles → cubes of 44, 34, 19, 7
- Pink: 13 tiles → cubes of 13
- Teal: 12 tiles → cubes of 12
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Pink 13, Red 7
🔒 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 Lime 53 cube.
- Send the Lime 50 cube.
- Send the Lime 50 cube.
- Send the Lime 40 cube.
- Send the Lime 38 cube.
- Send the Lime 37 cube.
- Send the Lime 32 cube.
- Send the Red 19 cube.
- Send the Red 7 cube.
- Send the Lime 24 cube. Only ~23 of its 24 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Red 44 cube. Only ~25 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 Red 34 cube. Only ~17 of its 34 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 31 cube. Only ~17 of its 31 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Teal 12 cube.
- Send the Pink 13 cube. Only ~11 of its 13 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.