🛤️ Number Path
🧩 Puzzle · 10 playsNumber Path
Snake 1 to the end through the grid. One path, no diagonals, no guessing.
About Number Path
Fill the grid so the numbers from 1 to the last cell form one unbroken path, each step moving to a neighbouring square — up, down, left or right, never diagonally. A few clues are placed for you; the rest is pure deduction, because every puzzle is generated fresh with exactly one solution. Tap a cell and type, or drag from any number to lay down a whole run in one sweep. Four sizes run from a friendly 5×5 Easy up to a brain-bending 8×8 Expert, each with its own best time to beat. Check flags any wrong cells, and a hint will fill one square when you are well and truly stuck.
How to Play
Fill every cell so 1 to the end form one connected path — no diagonals. Tap a cell and type, or drag from a number to fill a whole run. The given clues are fixed. Check highlights mistakes; Hint fills one cell. Four sizes: Easy 5×5 up to Expert 8×8. Beat your best time for each.
💡 Tips & Strategy
Start between the clues. Count the number gap between two givens and compare it with their distance on the grid: when they match, the path between them is forced, and those corridors are the backbone of every solve. Lay them in with a drag and the rest of the board starts to close up on its own.
Corners and edges are your friends. A corner cell touches only two others, so a number sitting there must be entered and exited through exactly those squares; edges are nearly as tight. Whenever a clue lands on the rim, look there first.
The path has to visit every cell, so never wall off a pocket of empty squares — if a move strands a region the chain can't reach, it's wrong even when the numbers seem to work. When two routes both look legal, leave them and solve elsewhere; the answer is unique, so a constraint nearby will settle it. The clock and hints both eat your score, so think in runs, not single cells.