Untangle Game

Untangle the ropes in your browser: drag the pegs to empty holes until no rope crosses another. Free to play, with no sign-up and no download.

Holes run round the edge of the board, and each rope goes between two pegs. You move a rope’s end from its peg to an empty hole. When a rope no longer crosses any other rope, it lifts off the board.

A level is solved when every rope has left the board. On gold rope levels it is enough to free the gold rope, and only its crossings count.

There are 150 levels, and they get harder slowly: more ropes and fewer empty holes. The boards are round, square, hexagonal and octagonal.

• The lifted end travels round the rim on the side away from the rope’s other end, and it goes over the ropes it meets.
• At a new crossing, the rope you moved is always on top.
• When the rope on top passes another rope’s peg, it slides over the peg and the crossing opens.
• A rope that crosses nothing leaves the board. One move can free several ropes.

• If you move the lower rope’s peg past the peg of the rope on top, the two ropes knot.
• Move the peg back and the knot opens. You can also move the peg of the rope on top at the end of the knot past the other peg, and one turn opens.
• Moving the lower rope’s peg at the end of a knot winds it one turn tighter.
• Some levels start with twisted pairs of ropes. You open them the same way, one turn at a time.

Each level has a target number of moves. You get three stars if you stay within the target, two stars with up to two moves more, and one star otherwise. An undone move still counts, and the undo counts as one more move.

• Drag a peg with the mouse or your finger to an empty hole. Before you let go, you see how the ropes will lie.
• You can also tap a peg and then an empty hole. The peg travels round the rim to its new place.
• Undo takes moves back one at a time and brings freed ropes back. Hint shows a good next move.
• Choose a level with the Levels button. The next level opens when you solve the one before it.
• An unfinished level and your stars are saved in your browser, so you can go on later on the same device.

• Start with ropes that cross only one or two others. They leave quickly and free up holes.
• Before a move, check which rope is on top. Taking the lower rope’s peg past the upper rope’s peg makes a knot.
• To get rid of a knot, undo or move the peg back the way it came.
• Do not fill a hole you need for your next move.

Is the untangle game free?
Yes. All 150 levels are free to play on this page, with no sign-up and no download, and hints are not limited.

Can every level be solved?
Yes. Each level is made by scrambling a solved board, so a solution always exists. A wrong move does not spoil a level, because you can undo it.

Why did my ropes knot?
You moved a rope that lay under another rope past that rope’s peg. Move the peg back, or move the peg of the rope on top at the end of the knot.

Is my game saved?
An unfinished level, your stars and your statistics are saved in this device’s browser. They do not move to another device, and clearing your browser data deletes them.

Can I play on my phone?
Yes. The game works in phone and tablet browsers, and you drag the pegs with your finger. It is the rope mode of Klassik Arrow Puzzle. Read more on the product page.

We also make apps for phones, TVs and computers.