What Sticky Wilds Are?

Sticky Wilds is one of the features that can be found in slot games. With the exception of retro games, almost every video slot has wild symbols. If you are not familiar with them, these are icons that replace any symbols and make it much easier to make combinations.

As for the sticky wilds, their function is exactly the same, and the features are that they showed on the playing field after falling out. This way, when the reels spin next time, the wilds will be in the same positions.

The way these sticky wilds work is important in different games, but usually, this function is combined with other bonuses. For example, sticky wilds work until the end of the free reel or while the falling reels feature is in effect.

Peculiarities of Sticky Wilds

Sticky wilds can be a permanent characteristic feature of the symbol, or it can be given to some pictures in certain situations. Here are some examples:

• In free spins, the joker can turn into a Sticky Wild. Landing in any position, this symbol remains there until the end of the free spins.
• In some bonus rounds, icons from paying combinations “stick”, after which respins begin. If the chain is supplemented with the same symbols, they also remain in place, and repeated spinning continues.
• Sometimes the sticky jokers remain on the playing field but move along the cells in different directions.

Slots in which wild symbols can be both sticky and expanding are not uncommon. They stretch vertically, filling the entire column. In this form, they stay until the end of the round.