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Zip #44 (November 8, 2026): solution and route

The 8×8 Hard puzzle from Sunday, November 8, 2026. Play it first; the route and the solved path are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Zip #44 was the 8×8 hard board of Sunday, November 8, 2026: 14 numbered dots, 4 walls, and one path that visits all 64 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 3,242 search nodes to prove the path unique, which puts the board at 5 of 5 on the difficulty scale. Along the answer, 52% of the moves had only one legal continuation; the other 30 steps offered a real choice, and those are where you have to look ahead. The path turns at 52% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 8 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 12 cells.

Zip #44 in numbers

Board8×8, Hard
Numbered dots14
Walls4
Cells on the path64
Solver search nodes3,242 (5/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation52%
Decision points30
Turns along the path52%
Zip #44 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.

LegCellsDirections
1 → 212right 2, up 1, right 1, down 1, right 1, up 2, right 1, up 2, right 1
2 → 35down 3, left 1, down 1
3 → 42right 1, down 1
4 → 59left 7, up 2
5 → 66up 5, right 1
6 → 71right 1
7 → 83right 1, down 1, left 1
8 → 96left 1, down 4, right 1
9 → 102up 2
10 → 112up 1, right 1
11 → 126down 2, right 1, up 1, right 1, up 1
12 → 138left 1, up 2, right 3, down 1, left 1
13 → 141left 1

Where the choices are: step 1 at row 7, column 2 (4 ways), step 2 at row 7, column 3 (2 ways), step 3 at row 7, column 4 (2 ways), step 5 at row 6, column 5 (2 ways), step 6 at row 7, column 5 (2 ways) and step 7 at row 7, column 6 (2 ways) and 24 more. Everywhere else only one move keeps the board solvable.

Zip #44 solution

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

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