Pull the Thread - Puzzle
Why We Picked Pull the Thread - Puzzle
Pull the Thread - Puzzle has no timer and no lives, so the only pressure is the space you have already spent. It rewards the second look far more than the first instinct. Puzzles on this shelf tend to be solved in the head first and on the board second. It stays because it does not waste a move, a click, or an explanation on anything but the board. On the record: 3,300 plays, 4.0 out of 5 from 84 ratings, and 80 of 172 on the puzzle shelf.
How to Play
The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:
- The browser's back button leaves the page rather than the game, so use the in-game exit instead.
- The board arrives solvable and leaves solved, and the middle part is your own planning.
- Read the whole board before the first move; the shape of the space is the puzzle.
Editor’s Note
If you want a puzzle that congratulates you, this is not it. If you want one that stays quiet, it is. It rewards looking at the board for ten seconds before the first move, which few browser puzzles do.
Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.
Publisher Description
Supplied by the game’s publisher; reproduced as-is.
Pull The Thread - Puzzle - this is a fun puzzle game. You need to stretch the thread between all the screws on the screen.

