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'''Puzzle Inlay''' is similar to the traditional Chinese [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection_puzzle dissection puzzle] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangram Tangram].

==Tips to get a high score==
*The larger pieces are worth more points per unit area.  If possible, leave the simpler pieces (yellow triangle and square) in the queue when you finish the level.

{| Border=1 class=sortable
|+ Available Shapes
|-
!Shape
!Color
!Image
!Area
!Pts
!Pts Density
|-
|Small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle Triangle]||Yellow||[[Image:YelTri.jpg|60x40px]]||1||1||1
|-
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_%28geometry%29 Square]||Dark Green||[[Image:GrnSqr.jpg|60x40px]]||2||2||1
|-
|Large Triangle||Blue||[[Image:BluTri.jpg|60x40px]]||2||3||1.5
|-
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelogram Parallelogram]||Cyan||[[Image:CynPara.jpg|60x40px]]||2||5||2.5
|-
|Parallelogram||Violet||[[Image:VioPara.jpg|60x40px]]||2||5||2.5
|-
|[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Trapezoid.html Right Trapezoid]||Orange||[[Image:OrTrap.jpg|60x40px]]||3||5||1.67 (5/3)
|-
|Right Trapezoid||Green||[[Image:GrnTrap.jpg|60x40px]]||3||10||3.33 (10/3)
|}

Area is measured in units of half a square.

*Use the Hammer to knock out the squares, since it's better to hammer out a square and put two yellow triangles into the puzzle, than to hammer out a yellow triangle, put a square in the puzzle, and have a yellow triangle still taking up space in the queue.
*If you're running out of time, don't be afraid to use the magic wand.  It's faster than clicking back and forth between the queue and the puzzle, and you still get 1 pt per yellow triangle.
*On the last level (10 Razor), if you have any plays left, leave a small triangle open and replay the level to use up your lives and maximize your points.
*Levels are replayable - if you have extra lives left, you can purposely not finish the last (or any) level, reply it and get more points.

==Levels==
This is a summary of the levels available in the online version. The "Size" is in full squares (which means that the small yellow triangle has a size of 0.5).
{| Border=1
!Nr.
!Name
!Size
|-
| align=right | 1 || LEAF|| 15.5
|-
| align=right | 2 || BIRD|| 30.5
|-
| align=right | 3 || KEY || 35.0
|-
| align=right | 4 || FISH || 36.5
|-
| align=right | 5 || PIPE || 38.5
|-
| align=right | 6 || PLANE || 58.0
|-
| align=right | 7 || PEAR || 63.5
|-
| align=right | 8 || CARRIAGE || 52.5
|-
| align=right | 9 || CACTUS || 87.0
|-
| align=right | 10 || RAZOR* || 88.0
|-
| align=right | 11 || MEDICINE || 64.0
|-
| align=right | 12 || BEAR || 80.0
|-
| align=right | 13 || TOOLS || 51.0
|-
| align=right | 14 || CLOCK || 32.0
|-
| align=right | 15 || HOUSE || 40.0
|-
| align=right | 16 || SCORPION || 34.5
|-
| align=right | 17 || DRAGONFLY || 44.0
|-
| align=right | 18 || BELLS || 45.0
|-
| align=right | 19 || SPOOL || 33.0
|-
| align=right | 20 || FLOWERS || 39.5
|-
| align=right | 21 || SCREWS || 28.5
|-
| align=right | 22 || EYE || 39.0
|}

* Razor is the last level in the online version... unless you get a rather elusive bug which makes you skip Razor and lets you play the rest of the levels.

==Potential for Badges==
*[[Badges#Mastery_Badges|ML10]] (2,900 points) can be achieved using the information above.  A high score of 3,136 is recorded for Slobbermutt2 at the time of this writing.  (DamasceneBlade now holds the record at 4,328)
*The [[LTP10/ML10 ratio]] is 1104 games.

==External Links==
[http://zone.msn.com/en/puzzleinlay/article/pzintips.htm Puzzle Inlay Tips and Strategies from MSN Games]

[[Category:Active Games]]
[[Category:Dissection puzzles]]
[[Category:LTP badge type: Generic 1]]
[[Category:Games playable in non-IE browsers]]