Zip #34 Solution (October 29, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #34 was the 7×7 medium board of Thursday, October 29, 2026: 9 numbered dots, 2 walls, and one path that visits all 49 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 769 search nodes to prove the path unique, which puts the board at 5 of 5 on the difficulty scale. Along the answer, 54% of the moves had only one legal continuation; the other 22 steps offered a real choice, and those are where you have to look ahead. The path turns at 51% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 7 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 12 cells.

Zip #34 in numbers

Board	7×7, Medium
Numbered dots	9
Walls	2
Cells on the path	49
Solver search nodes	769 (5/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	54%
Decision points	22
Turns along the path	51%

Zip #34 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	left 1, up 1
2 → 3	12	right 1, up 1, left 2, down 3, left 2, down 2, left 1
3 → 4	5	up 3, right 2
4 → 5	9	up 2, left 1, down 1, left 1, up 1, left 1, down 2
5 → 6	8	down 4, right 4
6 → 7	3	right 2, up 1
7 → 8	4	left 3, up 1
8 → 9	5	right 3, up 1, left 1

Where the choices are: step 1 at row 3, column 7 (2 ways), step 2 at row 3, column 6 (2 ways), step 3 at row 2, column 6 (3 ways), step 7 at row 1, column 5 (2 ways), step 8 at row 2, column 5 (2 ways) and step 10 at row 4, column 5 (2 ways) and 16 more. Everywhere else only one move keeps the board solvable.

Zip #34 solution

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

2726232276528252421824518194921301712111094831161384546473231443424173334353663839

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Zip #34 (October 29, 2026): solution and route

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