Zip #38 Solution (November 2, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #38 was the 6×6 easy board of Monday, November 2, 2026: 7 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 169 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 59% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 6 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 11 cells.

Zip #38 in numbers

Board	6×6, Easy
Numbered dots	7
Walls	3
Cells on the path	36
Solver search nodes	169 (4/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	60%
Decision points	14
Turns along the path	59%

Zip #38 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	6	right 1, up 1, right 1, down 3
2 → 3	6	down 2, left 1, up 3
3 → 4	6	left 1, down 3, left 2
4 → 5	1	left 1
5 → 6	5	up 2, right 1, down 1, right 1
6 → 7	11	up 2, left 2, up 2, right 1, down 1, right 1, up 1, right 1

Where the choices are: step 1 at row 2, column 4 (3 ways), step 2 at row 2, column 5 (2 ways), step 8 at row 5, column 6 (2 ways), step 10 at row 6, column 5 (2 ways), step 11 at row 5, column 5 (2 ways) and step 12 at row 4, column 5 (2 ways) and 8 more. Everywhere else only one move keeps the board solvable.

Zip #38 solution

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

3132357343033341252928271436222326151222124616118541817109

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Zip #38 (November 2, 2026): solution and route

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