Zip #2 Solution (September 27, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #2 was the 8×8 hard board of Sunday, September 27, 2026: 12 numbered dots, 6 walls, and one path that visits all 64 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 2,650 search nodes to prove the path unique, which puts the board at 5 of 5 on the difficulty scale. Along the answer, 57% of the moves had only one legal continuation; the other 27 steps offered a real choice, and those are where you have to look ahead. The path turns at 55% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 6 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 12 cells.

Zip #2 in numbers

Board	8×8, Hard
Numbered dots	12
Walls	6
Cells on the path	64
Solver search nodes	2,650 (5/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	57%
Decision points	27
Turns along the path	55%

Zip #2 route, dot by dot

How many cells each leg takes and which way it runs, reading from dot 1. “Right 3” means three steps to the right.

Leg	Cells	Directions
1 → 2	11	down 1, left 1, up 1, left 1, down 1, left 1, up 2, right 2, up 1
2 → 3	3	left 2, up 1
3 → 4	7	up 1, right 1, down 1, right 3, down 1
4 → 5	4	left 1, down 1, right 1, down 1
5 → 6	12	down 1, right 3, up 1, left 2, up 5
6 → 7	5	right 1, down 4
7 → 8	4	right 1, up 3
8 → 9	5	up 2, left 3
9 → 10	6	down 2, left 1, up 2, left 1
10 → 11	5	left 2, down 1, right 2
11 → 12	1	down 1

Where the choices are: step 1 at row 7, column 4 (3 ways), step 2 at row 8, column 4 (2 ways), step 3 at row 8, column 3 (2 ways), step 5 at row 7, column 2 (3 ways), step 9 at row 6, column 1 (2 ways) and step 10 at row 6, column 2 (2 ways) and 21 more. Everywhere else only one move keeps the board solvable.

Zip #2 solution

The number in each cell is its position on the path; the dots keep their own numbers and are highlighted.

605910579515049616211565363948161712555437408318192021364146141322343542459101124253474485415333231763227282930

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Zip #2 (September 27, 2026): solution and route

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