Zip #39 Solution (November 3, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #39 was the 6×6 medium board of Tuesday, November 3, 2026: 9 numbered dots, 2 walls, and one path that visits all 36 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 323 search nodes to prove the path unique, which puts the board at 5 of 5 on the difficulty scale. Along the answer, 57% of the moves had only one legal continuation; the other 15 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 5 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 11 cells.

Zip #39 in numbers

Board	6×6, Medium
Numbered dots	9
Walls	2
Cells on the path	36
Solver search nodes	323 (5/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	57%
Decision points	15
Turns along the path	47%

Zip #39 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	4	up 3, right 1
2 → 3	3	down 1, right 1, up 1
3 → 4	2	up 1, left 1
4 → 5	11	left 1, up 1, right 3, down 4, left 2
5 → 6	5	down 1, right 4
6 → 7	1	up 1
7 → 8	8	left 1, up 4, right 1, down 2
8 → 9	1	down 1

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

Zip #39 solution

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

121314153233114916313442317308367182992520192871222324256

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Zip #39 (November 3, 2026): solution and route

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