How to Play Nuts & Bolts: Rules, Strategy & Free Levels
Nuts & Bolts is a layered unscrewing puzzle. You tap bolts to remove them into a small storage tray, and when every bolt pinning a plate is gone, that plate falls away. Freed bolts open up tray slots again, so the trick is clearing the plates in an order that never fills the tray and jams you.
- Skill: Order planning & resource logic
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- Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate
How to play Nuts & Bolts
- Tap to unscrew. Tapping a bolt lifts it off the stack and into your storage tray.
- Free the plates. When all the bolts holding a plate are removed, the plate drops off the board.
- Mind the tray. The tray holds only a few bolts; if it fills with no plate to free, you are stuck.
- Clear every plate. The level is solved once all plates have fallen.
Nuts & Bolts strategy & tips
- Aim for bolts that will finish a plate — dropping a plate empties several tray slots at once.
- Avoid loading the tray with bolts from many different plates; concentrate on completing one.
- Look ahead for the bolt that unlocks a cascade, then clear toward it.
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Nuts & Bolts FAQ
What is the goal of Nuts & Bolts?
To unscrew all the bolts so every plate falls away, without overfilling the limited storage tray in the process.
Why did I get stuck?
The tray filled up while no plate was ready to drop. Plan which bolts to pull so a plate frees up and returns tray space before it overflows.