Zip #31 Solution (October 26, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #31 was the 6×6 easy board of Monday, October 26, 2026: 9 numbered dots, 0 walls, and one path that visits all 36 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 145 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 65% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 4 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 10 cells.

Zip #31 in numbers

Board	6×6, Easy
Numbered dots	9
Walls	0
Cells on the path	36
Solver search nodes	145 (4/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	60%
Decision points	14
Turns along the path	65%

Zip #31 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	1	right 1
2 → 3	8	right 1, up 1, left 3, down 1, left 2
3 → 4	10	up 1, right 1, up 1, left 1, up 3, right 1, down 1, right 1
4 → 5	1	up 1
5 → 6	3	right 1, down 2
6 → 7	3	right 1, up 2
7 → 8	6	right 1, down 3, left 2
8 → 9	3	left 1, up 1, left 1

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

Zip #31 solution

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

17185227281619423262915935625301413348323111127654398123

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Zip #31 (October 26, 2026): solution and route

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