Tap or click and drag from the start to draw your path through the maze. On touch, you can lift and continue.
Inside this maze
Here the answer itself accounts for much of the work. It occupies 531 of 784 squares and takes 530 moves, before any mistaken branch adds to the distance. There are 52 junctions on that route, starting with a fork on the left edge after nine steps. Its 335 turns are interrupted by occasional longer stretches, including a run of 8 moves in one direction. A densely marked solution is expected on this particular board.
The longest detour attached to the answer reaches a dead end 25 moves from its attachment. That is much shorter than the 530-move solution, so this puzzle offers a useful contrast between sustained progress and extra work caused by wrong guesses. On a spare copy, use one color for the final route and another for explored branches. The comparison shows why counting dead ends alone would miss much of this worksheet's demand: most of the distance is still there on a perfect attempt.
Maze facts
- Shortest route
- 530 steps
- Dead-end cells
- 81
- Junctions
- 79
- Braid setting
- 0%
Answer key
The solution SVG traces the single route from START to FINISH. Use the unmarked PDF for your attempt and keep the answer separate.