What is Flood It?
Flood It is a bright, fast puzzle about spreading a single color across the whole board before your move budget runs dry.
How the flooding works
In Flood It, you control a growing blob that starts in the top-left corner. Each turn you choose a color, and every connected square of that color joins your blob. Your region spreads outward step by step until, ideally, it swallows the entire board.
The move budget
You cannot flood forever. Each puzzle gives you a limited number of moves, so every color choice matters. Waste a turn and you may fall short with a stubborn patch left unclaimed. That tight budget is what turns a simple idea into a real puzzle.
A modern classic
Flood It spread across phones and browsers around 2009 thanks to its clean look and quick rounds. Winning takes a bit of foresight rather than luck, which our strategy guide unpacks, showing why chasing the biggest gain each turn is not always the best move.
Related questions
What is the best Flood It strategy?
The strongest Flood It strategy is to maximize your frontier, meaning the border where your region meets new colors, rather than grabbing the most squares right now. A color that adds fewer squares but touches many new areas often sets up bigger gains on later turns.
What is a logic puzzle?
A logic puzzle is any challenge you solve by pure reasoning rather than luck or reflexes. You start with a set of rules and clues, then work out the one arrangement that fits every rule. Nonograms, Lights Out and Tower of Hanoi are classic examples.
Which puzzle is best for beginners?
For a gentle start, try the classic Slide Puzzle, Memory Match, or an easy Word Search. Their rules take seconds to learn and give quick, satisfying wins. Once you are comfortable, 2048 and nonograms add more depth without feeling overwhelming.