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Puzzle Of the Week #1 Solution

Last week's puzzle asked: Is it always possible to know whether the next move will be your last? In fact, the answer was in our very first video of the week, the game where I made a Whalend and a Terrence right at the end:

At this point, I did not know that sliding down would keep me alive, as it did:

If the plus block had been anything besides a 384 or 24, that would have been my last move.

Follow-up question: Is the statement still true if the incoming tile is not a plus block?

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The prettiest snake

The key is to notice that in the still frame from yesterday, you have exactly a Traven (96)'s worth of material with the combination of your bottom two rows plus the 12 and 24 in the third column. From there it's a tricky matter of shimmying the right way to get everything all lined up before gridlock sets in.

Happy Independence Weekend!