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Glyph Recall

About Glyph Recall

Glyph Recall is a memory game of matching pairs. Every level opens with a short glimpse of the whole board before the tiles turn face down. Find all the pairs in as few moves as you can. From level 11, missed guesses make hidden tiles drift to new places.

How to play

  1. Watch the board while the glyphs are showing at the start of the level.
  2. Tap two face-down tiles to turn them over. A matching pair stays found.
  3. A pair that does not match turns face down again. Each pair of flips counts as one move.
  4. Find every pair to clear the level. Arrow keys and Space or Enter also work.

Board sizes

Levels 1 to 3 use a 3×4 board with 6 pairs, levels 4 to 6 a 4×4 board, levels 7 to 9 a 4×5 board and levels 10 to 13 a 4×6 board. Levels 14 to 17 have 15 pairs on a 5×6 board, and levels 18 to 20 fill a 6×6 board with 18 pairs. Glyphs come in eight shapes and three colours, so the same shape in a different colour is not a match.

Use the glimpse

Each level shows every glyph before the game begins. The glimpse lasts 2.5 seconds on level 1 and gets shorter on every level, down to 0.8 seconds on level 20. You cannot remember a whole board in that time, so pick one or two rows and focus on them. A few known positions save several moves later.

What par means

Par is the number of moves a player with perfect memory usually needs, even without the glimpse, about 1.6 moves for every pair. It is 10 on the first levels and 29 on the 6×6 boards. Matching or beating par shows a special message, but you can take as many moves as you need.

Flip a new tile first

When you do not yet know a pair, turn over a tile you have never seen. If it matches one you remember, you can finish the pair right away. If not, you have learned two new tiles instead of one. Turning over a tile you already know, without its partner, only wastes a move.

Drifting tiles

From level 11, every third missed pair makes two face-down tiles swap places. The tiles that move get a gold outline and slide across the board, so watch them closely. Update your memory of both spots, and the drift costs you nothing. Missing fewer pairs also means fewer swaps.

Saving your progress

Clearing a level unlocks the next one, and your progress is saved in this browser. Reset deals the current level again with the same layout, which is a good way to practise a large board.

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