What is the best Flood It strategy?
Flood It rewards thinking one step past the obvious. The greedy move is rarely the best one, and understanding why is the key to winning.
Look at the frontier
Your blob in Flood It grows along its edge, the frontier where it meets other colors. The smart question is not which color grabs the most squares now, but which color widens that frontier the most, giving you access to more of the board next turn.
Why greedy fails
Always picking the color that captures the most immediate squares feels right but often stalls you against a wall. A slightly smaller grab that opens several new color regions usually pays off far better a move or two later. This is classic puzzle foresight, the same skill our page on hard puzzles tends to reward.
Watch the far corners
The bottom-right corner is usually the last to fall, so keep an eye on reaching it. Steering your flood toward stubborn areas early prevents a scramble at the end. Building that habit of planning ahead is exactly what our improvement guide is about.
Related questions
What is Flood It?
Flood It is a color puzzle. Starting from the top-left corner, you pick a color each turn to flood the connected region you control, gradually taking over neighboring squares. The goal is to turn the entire board one color within a limited number of moves. It appeared around 2009.
How do you get better at puzzles?
Improve by practicing a little and often rather than cramming, and by learning each game's core method instead of relying on trial and error. Review the moments you got stuck, and mix different puzzle types to build broad skills. Small, steady practice beats rare marathons.
What is the hardest puzzle on Puzzle.now?
There is no single hardest puzzle, because each one tests a different skill. Large nonograms demand deep logic, a many-disc Tower of Hanoi needs long recursive planning, and a bigger Lights Out board can feel almost impossible without a method. Difficulty is personal.