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Level 97

Block Out Level 97 stacks two horizontal frames packed with colored blocks. The upper frame holds a yellow block, blue borders, large red blocks, and padlocked orange/yellow pieces (padlock `5`). The lower frame is twice as dense with la...

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Block Out Level 97 stacks two horizontal frames packed with colored blocks. The upper frame holds a yellow block, blue borders, large red blocks, and padlocked orange/yellow pieces (padlock `5`). The lower frame is twice as dense with large red and green blocks, blue, orange, purple, and padlocked yellow pieces. Work both frames in alternation — clear non-padlocked edge blocks to unlock the padlock `5` gates in each frame, then feed the large pieces through.

  • Block Out Level 97 stacks two horizontal frames packed with colored blocks.
  • The upper frame holds a yellow block, blue borders, large red blocks, and padlocked orange/yellow pieces (padlock `5`).
  • The lower frame is twice as dense with large red and green blocks, blue, orange, purple, and padlocked yellow pieces.
  • Work both frames in alternation — clear non-padlocked edge blocks to unlock the padlock `5` gates in each frame, then feed the large pieces through.
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Video walkthrough

Quick tips

  1. Padlock `5` counters are per-frame — clearing upper blocks only unlocks upper padlocks, not lower ones.
  2. Start with the non-padlocked edge blocks in both frames to build toward the five-clear unlock threshold.
  3. Feed the large green block in the lower center last — it blocks the center path and needs the most room.

Step-by-step solution

Step-by-step solution

  1. 1

    Move 1

    Upper frame: slide the blue border block on the far right through the right-wall exit, then push the yellow block on the far left through the left-wall exit (02:24–02:20 in the video).

  2. 2

    Move 2

    Lower frame: clear the orange and purple blocks on the far right through the right-wall exit — they are closest and not padlocked (02:20–02:15).

  3. 3

    Move 3

    Upper frame: clear the large red blocks in the center-left through the left-wall exit — each removal counts toward the upper padlock `5` unlock (02:15–02:06).

  4. 4

    Move 4

    Upper frame padlocks now open: clear the orange and yellow padlocked blocks from the center through the right exit (02:06).

  5. 5

    Move 5

    Lower frame: clear non-padlocked blue and red blocks from the center to count toward the lower padlock `5` threshold (02:01–01:52).

  6. 6

    Move 6

    Lower frame padlocks now open: clear the yellow padlocked blocks on the far left through the left-wall exit (01:52).

  7. 7

    Move 7

    Feed the large green block in the lower center through the bottom exit — it takes several passes and needs the center path clear (01:47–01:38).

  8. 8

    Move 8

    Finish with the remaining small blocks from both frames through the nearest exits (01:38–01:33).

Common failure points

Clearing red blocks in the upper frame before planning the padlocked blocks' exit route — once the surrounding space fills with lower-frame spill, the padlocked blocks have nowhere to go.

Treating the padlock counters as shared — clearing five upper-frame blocks does not unlock lower-frame padlocks, so working only one frame at a time wastes moves.

Sources

Sources

Verification status: source verified. Solutions are matched to the source board before publication.

FAQ

Why might my Level 97 board look different?

Game version, platform or staged rollout differences can change a board layout.

Should I use a booster?

This Variant records booster use as unknown. Match the board before treating that note as applicable.