iPhone & iPad · Coming soon

Cover it with dominoes…
or prove there's no way.

A logic puzzle with a twist. Every board can either be covered with dominoes or be proven impossible, never both. Find out which, and prove it in as few squares as you can.

Coming soon to the App Store How it plays ↓
A No Way! Puzzle board two-thirds covered with dominoes
cover it …or prove it

Two ways to win

Every board is one or the other

You never know in advance which kind of board you're looking at. Start laying dominoes, and the board tells you, if you listen.

Cover

Lay a domino on every square

Drag across two neighbouring squares to place a domino. Cover the whole board and you win. A square with only one free neighbour decides its own domino, so the forced moves are where to start.

Prove

Or show it can't be done

Mark a squeeze: a few squares that together have fewer neighbours than there are of them. They can't all get a partner, so no covering exists. Tip the balance scale and the board is stamped NO WAY.

Every board is fair. A mathematical guarantee (Hall’s marriage theorem) says exactly one of the two always exists, and a solver checks every board before it ships. The fewer squares your proof needs, the more stars you earn.

Features

A small idea, a lot of puzzle

A new board every day

The same daily board for everyone, fresh at 05:00 UTC. It gets harder through the week, from a Novice board on Monday to an Advanced boss on Sunday.

Streaks and week coins

Solve the daily on its own day to grow your streak and fill this week's coins.

Sharper proofs, more stars

Three stars go to the shortest proof the board allows. The result screen can show you the sharpest proof once you've won.

Hints that teach

Stuck? The owl's three-step hints nudge you without giving the board away. Hints never cost money; they only cap the stars on that board.

200 boards in four tiers

Novice 30, Medium 60, Hard 60 and Advanced 50, each tier introducing new ideas: forced chains, pockets, counting proofs and more.

Game Center

Daily, streak and total-star leaderboards, plus achievements for your first proof, ten sharpest proofs and finished tiers.

Screens

A look inside

Covering a Medium board with dominoes, 24 of 36 squares covered
Cover it with dominoes
Four squares marked as a squeeze with the balance scale tipped: 4 marked, 3 neighbours
…or prove there's no way
Result screen with three stars and the NO WAY stamp: the sharpest proof, 4 squares
Sharper proofs, more stars
Today screen with the daily board, a 12-day streak and this week's coins
A new board every day
Hint 2 of 3 from the owl outlining a square whose domino is forced
Hints from the owl
The Packs map with Novice, Medium, Hard and Advanced tiers
200 boards, Novice to Advanced

Premium

Free to play, Premium to go deeper

The daily board, Novice and Medium are open to everyone. Premium adds depth, never an advantage: hints and leaderboards work the same for everyone.

Free

$0

A complete game, with light ads between boards.

  • The daily board, every day
  • Novice and Medium: 90 boards, played in order
  • Three-step hints on every board
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements

No Way? Premium

$9.99 / year

Starts with a 3-day free trial.

  • Hard and Advanced: 110 more boards
  • Play any board in any order
  • The daily archive: replay past dailies
  • New packs and puzzle types as they arrive
  • No ads

$9.99 a year is the US price; the App Store shows the price in your own currency. Premium renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled any time in your Apple Account settings.