Bloom Haven glossary: every game word explained

This glossary explains the words you meet in Bloom Haven, from A to Z. Watch out for the word "leaf": the game uses it in three different ways, all explained below.

Words from A to Z

Word What it means
A little help A button beside the board. It opens a card with a hint, extra moves and Finish and carry on
Area One of the three parts of the garden: The welcome garden, The dragonfly pond and The glasshouse. The game also calls an area a chapter
Board The square of 8 by 8 tiles where you play a puzzle
Bo Your plant-loving friend. Bo talks after many projects, and after every project at the pond
Burst Another name for Clear the nearby flowers, the power-up you get from a T or L shape
Cascade When falling tiles make a new match by themselves. Cascades are free and happen inside the same move
Chain When one power-up sets off another in the same move
Chapter The game's word for an area, as in Chapter 1 · The welcome garden
Clear the leaves A goal: clear a tile on every covered square once
Collect flowers A goal: clear a number of tiles of one kind, such as 8 coral flowers
Colour clear Another name for Clear every flower of this colour, the power-up you get from five in a row
Covered square A square of the board with a cover and a small mark: darker green for leaves, light brown for planters. Clear a tile on it once to free it. Covers stay in place when tiles fall
Finish and carry on A helper that finishes the puzzle and still gives its usual leaf, without a medal
Garden journal The page with your progress, your finished projects and free style changes
Goal What a puzzle asks for, shown under Your goal with a counter
Green leaf One of the five tiles on the board. It matches like a flower, and some puzzles ask you to collect green leaves
Hint The glowing move you get from Show a useful match. Always free
Leaf (reward) What you earn for each new puzzle and spend on projects. Your leaves are the number in the top bar
Line clear A row clear or a column clear, from four in a row
Match Three or more of the same tile in a straight line
Medal The ✦ next to a puzzle you finished without extra moves, Relaxed play or Finish and carry on. The win card then says A clever clear!
Mira Your garden neighbour. Mira talks after many projects in the welcome garden and the glasshouse
Move One swap, or one power-up used on its own. Moves left counts them down
Planter A covered square in a Free the planters puzzle. It works just like a leaf-covered square
Power-up A special flower made by a match of four or five, or a T or L shape. It clears a row, a column, a 3 by 3 square or a whole colour
Project Something you build in the garden with leaves, such as A gentle fountain
Puzzle One level of the game. There are 60
Relaxed play A setting that removes the move limit. Moves left shows ∞
Replay Playing a finished puzzle again. No second leaf, but you can still earn the medal
Save slot One of three separate saved gardens: Save 1, Save 2 and Save 3
See before A button that shows an area as it was before you built anything. See your changes brings your garden back
Style The colour look of a project: Meadow, Rose or Sunshine. Free to change
Swap Trading the places of two neighbouring tiles
Tile One square piece on the board: a coral, golden, blue or violet flower, or a green leaf

Three kinds of "leaf"

You see It is Where to read more
The leaf and number in the top bar Your reward leaves, to spend on projects The three garden areas
A green leaf tile on the board One of the five tiles you match How the puzzles work
Clear the leaves under Your goal A goal about covered squares How the puzzles work

The four power-ups

Name in the game Short name Made from
Clear this row Row clear 4 in a row, side to side
Clear this column Column clear 4 in a row, up and down
Clear the nearby flowers Burst A T or L shape
Clear every flower of this colour Colour clear 5 in a row

All the details are on the power-ups page.

See also

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