Hermit crab in a spiral shell, side profile Maze
A real, solvable maze shaped like a hermit crab in a spiral shell, side profile — generated by algorithm, verified to have a single solution, and free to print. Start at the red flag and find your way to the checkered flag.
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- Difficulty
- Hard
- Best for ages
- 8+
- Est. solve time
- 15–25 min
- Grid
- 150×106
- Solution path
- 1,366 cells
- Corridor cells
- 9,379
- Dead ends
- 1,045
- Solutions
- 1 (verified)
About the Hermit crab in a spiral shell, side profile
A hermit crab is a small crab with a soft, curled body that it protects by living inside an empty seashell. As the crab grows it must find a bigger shell and move house, swapping the old one for a roomier fit. There are hundreds of kinds of hermit crab, and pet ones need a choice of spare shells to try on. Follow the spiral path of the shell on this printable, then colour it in.
- A hermit crab lives inside an empty shell to guard its soft body.
- As it grows, a hermit crab moves into a bigger shell.
- There are over 800 kinds of hermit crab.
Solution
How to use this maze
- Start at the red flag and trace a path to the checkered flag — there is one correct route.
- Print on A4 or US Letter at 100% scale; the solution image above is the answer key.
- Free for classroom, homeschool, and personal printing.
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