Spoolback

Yarn sort puzzle
1 player
Phones and computers

Spoolback is a yarn sort puzzle that plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, for one player.

You unpick thread patches from a stitched cloth onto spools that each take three patches of one colour. Under the wool quilt lies a second picture stitched in silk, revealed as the wool comes away. Patches with no matching spool wait on four spare pegs; a fifth ends the cloth, and 40 cloths come in order, then more.

Play Spoolback

How to play

Tap an outlined patch to unpick it
Its thread winds onto a spool of its colour, or waits on a spare peg
Another picture is stitched under the wool. Four spare pegs is the limit

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

Controls

Tap or click an outlined patch
Keys: arrows move the cursor, Space unpicks, R restart

Tips

The free-edge rule applies within a layer: a silk patch needs the cloth edge or a gap where silk is already gone, not just the wool above it removed.
The spool after the next is shown, so patches of its colour can wait on pegs and wind on the moment it starts; four pegs is the limit.
A low pluck sounds when the third peg fills. From cloth 6, random unpicking fails at least half the time, so that sound is the moment to plan.

What is stitched under the wool in Spoolback?

A second picture in silk: a heart, star, boat, tree or cat, cut into patches of crimson, gold, navy and teal. It shows as the woollen patches above come away, and the end card names the shape. The wool itself comes in oat, moss, brick and denim, with two to four of those colours per cloth.

What ends a cloth?

Unpicking every patch finishes it, saves the next cloth number and reveals the silk picture in full. A fifth spare patch, one more than the four pegs can hold, ends it instead and you try the same cloth again. There are 40 cloths in order and more after them, and the score is cloths unpicked.

About this game

Made by Sucia in Houston, Texas. Built with AI assistance, designed and tested by Sucia. Last updated October 5, 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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