Copper Hearth

Copper Hearth is a casual tile puzzle on a green kiln felt. Letters sit in a fixed grid. You swap neighbors to line them up, and matched letters clear. Tap one tile, then tap a neighboring tile to swap them. Three or more of the same letter in a row or column clear. Four in a line leave a flare, and a flare burns its whole row when that letter clears. Five in a line leave a bloom, and a bloom burns its row and its column. Tiles above drop into the gaps, and new letters fall in from the top. A chain of clears raises the score. A hash mark is stone. It is not a letter. It cracks when a neighboring letter clears, and it breaks on the next crack. Each kiln asks for a goal and gives a limited number of moves. Clear enough letters, gather enough amber letters, break enough stones, or reach the kiln score before the moves run out. The next kiln asks for more. This is a self-contained puzzle. Nothing is wagered, and there are no cash prizes.