How the Bridge layout works
The Bridge stretches a flat 12×4 span across the board with a raised tower rising at each end — a shape that looks exactly like its name. The open middle of the span is easy to clear, but the two end towers cover the tiles beneath them, so you have to dismantle each tower before you can finish the deck of 72 tiles.
As on the classic turtle board, a tile is only free when nothing covers it and at least one of its left or right sides is open. Match two identical free tiles to clear them, and remove all 72 tiles to win. Full rules are in the how-to-play guide.
What makes the Bridge distinctive
The Bridge is a board of two halves. The long central span plays like an easy flat layout — almost every tile has an open side — which lulls you into clearing quickly. The towers are where games are won or lost: each one caps a stack of span tiles, and if you flatten the span before bringing a tower down, the tiles trapped under it can lose their partners. The trick is treating the two towers as a matched pair of problems and solving them in step.
Bridge strategy tips
- Clear the open centre of the span first — those tiles are free from the start.
- Take the two towers down together so you always have matches on both ends.
- Watch the span tiles trapped under each tower; free the tower above them before clearing around them.
- Hold back a few easy span matches as a safety valve for when the towers get tight.
- Stuck? Use Hint, Undo, or Shuffle — every Bridge board on this site is guaranteed solvable.
Try a different shape next: the Fortress, the Cross, or the classic Turtle. See them all on the layouts page.