Zip #45 Solution (November 9, 2026): Route, Decision Points and Answer

Zip #45 was the 6×6 easy board of Monday, November 9, 2026: 7 numbered dots, 4 walls, and one path that visits all 36 cells in order. Our solver, a line-for-line port of the app's, needed 188 search nodes to prove the path unique, which puts the board at 4 of 5 on the difficulty scale. Along the answer, 63% of the moves had only one legal continuation; the other 13 steps offered a real choice, and those are where you have to look ahead. The path turns at 62% of its cells, and its longest straight run is 6 cells. The longest leg, between two consecutive dots, is 9 cells.

Zip #45 in numbers

Board	6×6, Easy
Numbered dots	7
Walls	4
Cells on the path	36
Solver search nodes	188 (4/5)
Moves with a single legal continuation	63%
Decision points	13
Turns along the path	62%

Zip #45 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	5	up 1, left 1, down 1, left 1, up 1
2 → 3	7	left 2, up 1, right 4
3 → 4	9	right 1, down 3, left 4, up 1
4 → 5	5	left 1, down 3, right 1
5 → 6	6	up 1, right 1, down 1, right 1, up 1, right 1
6 → 7	3	right 1, down 1, left 1

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

Zip #45 solution

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

9101112314872321523454116242120191817252829326342653031735

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Zip #45 (November 9, 2026): solution and route

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