Zip #33 Solution (October 28, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #33 was the 7×7 medium board of Wednesday, October 28, 2026: 9 numbered dots, 5 walls, and one path that visits all 49 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 688 search nodes to prove the path unique, which puts the board at 5 of 5 on the difficulty scale. Along the answer, 58% of the moves had only one legal continuation; the other 20 steps offered a real choice, and those are where you have to look ahead. The path turns at 47% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 7 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 14 cells.

Zip #33 in numbers

Board	7×7, Medium
Numbered dots	9
Walls	5
Cells on the path	49
Solver search nodes	688 (5/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	58%
Decision points	20
Turns along the path	47%

Zip #33 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	3	down 2, right 1
2 → 3	6	down 1, left 1, down 1, right 2, up 1
3 → 4	1	up 1
4 → 5	5	right 1, down 2, right 1, up 1
5 → 6	14	up 4, right 1, down 5, right 1, up 3
6 → 7	14	up 3, left 6, down 1, right 1, down 2, right 1
7 → 8	2	up 2
8 → 9	3	right 1, down 2

Where the choices are: step 1 at row 3, column 1 (3 ways), step 2 at row 4, column 1 (2 ways), step 3 at row 5, column 1 (2 ways), step 4 at row 5, column 2 (2 ways), step 5 at row 6, column 2 (3 ways) and step 9 at row 7, column 3 (2 ways) and 14 more. Everywhere else only one move keeps the board solvable.

Zip #33 solution

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

3938373635343340418472021321424548192231243791823632412172429653135252878914152627

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Zip #33 (October 28, 2026): solution and route

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