Plate Pluck

Screw puzzle
1 player
Phones and computers

Plate Pluck is a screw puzzle that plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, for one player.

Unpin plates layered two to five deep on a 48-hole board, boxing rivets in threes with two colour boxes open at once. A solver checks all 40 boards, so each can be cleared. From board 6 on, pulling uncovered rivets at random overflows the tray at least half the time.

Play Plate Pluck

How to play

Tap a rivet that no plate covers
It goes to an open box of its colour, or waits in the tray
Empty plates fall; a plate on its last rivet swings aside. Five in the tray is the limit

The game shows these steps as you play, the first time.

Plate Pluck gameplay — Plate Pluck in play

Controls

Tap or click a rivet
Keys: arrows move the cursor, Space pulls, R restart

Tips

The next box's colour is shown ahead of time, so rivets of that colour can wait in the tray and jump in the moment it opens, within the five slots.
A plate down to its last rivet swings aside and stops covering the holes beneath, so you can reach under it without pulling that rivet into the tray.
Boards from 6 on are built so random pulling of uncovered rivets overflows the tray at least half the time; read the box line before every pull.

Why can I not pull a rivet in Plate Pluck?

A rivet is held while any plate on a higher layer covers its hole and still has more than one rivet of its own. Pull that plate's rivets first: when it is down to one rivet it swings aside, and when it has none it falls away, uncovering everything beneath.

What happens when a box fills?

Each open box wants three rivets of its colour. On the third it closes, the next box in the line opens, and any rivets of that new colour already waiting in the tray jump into it straight away. Two boxes are open at a time, and the colour of the box after them is shown so you can plan.

About this game

Made by Sucia in Houston, Texas. Built with AI assistance, designed and tested by Sucia. Last updated October 7, 2026. It plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-in; your best scores and progress stay in this browser on this device. Without a pass, every game is free for 5 minutes a game and 30 minutes a day; an Arcade pass removes the limit. How Sucia makes and tests its games.

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