Mussel Maze
A real, solvable maze shaped like a mussel — 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.
Free for personal & classroom use. For commercial use — products, KDP books, or resale — get a Commercial License.
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Best for ages
- 8+
- Est. solve time
- 15–25 min
- Grid
- 150×86
- Solution path
- 2,136 cells
- Corridor cells
- 8,941
- Dead ends
- 933
- Solutions
- 1 (verified)
About the Mussel
A mussel is a shellfish with two dark, oval shells joined at a hinge. It holds tightly to rocks and pilings with a bunch of strong, sticky threads it spins itself, so waves cannot wash it away. Like oysters, mussels feed by straining tiny bits of food from the water. Print this for a tide-pool unit and trace along the smooth shell.
- Mussels anchor to rocks with tough threads they make themselves.
- They feed by filtering small bits of food from the water.
- Mussels live in both the sea and in freshwater rivers and lakes.
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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