Zip #24 Solution (October 19, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #24 was the 6×6 easy board of Monday, October 19, 2026: 8 numbered dots, 3 walls, and one path that visits all 36 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 190 search nodes to prove the path unique, which puts the board at 4 of 5 on the difficulty scale. Along the answer, 60% of the moves had only one legal continuation; the other 14 steps offered a real choice, and those are where you have to look ahead. The path turns at 62% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 6 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 12 cells.

Zip #24 in numbers

Board	6×6, Easy
Numbered dots	8
Walls	3
Cells on the path	36
Solver search nodes	190 (4/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	60%
Decision points	14
Turns along the path	62%

Zip #24 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	2	right 1, up 1
2 → 3	7	left 1, up 2, left 1, down 3
3 → 4	7	down 2, right 1, up 1, right 1, down 1, right 1
4 → 5	12	up 2, right 1, down 2, right 1, up 5, left 1
5 → 6	2	down 2
6 → 7	4	left 1, up 2, left 1
7 → 8	1	down 1

Where the choices are: step 1 at row 4, column 2 (2 ways), step 2 at row 4, column 3 (3 ways), step 3 at row 3, column 3 (2 ways), step 5 at row 2, column 2 (2 ways), step 11 at row 5, column 1 (2 ways) and step 13 at row 6, column 2 (2 ways) and 8 more. Everywhere else only one move keeps the board solvable.

Zip #24 solution

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

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Zip #24 (October 19, 2026): solution and route

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