Abacus (easy)
This maze first appeared as the monthly maze competition for May 2019.
This is a new type of maze I haven't featured on Mazelog before; for more information see Wildcard Sequence mazes in the Mazelog blog.
In this maze start on the "a" in the top left corner and move one square at a time horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally. Each square you land on must follow the sequence a, b, c, a, b, c ... and so on.
The asterisks can count as any letter you like, and you may not make a U-turn by jumping straight back in the direction you've just come from.
Find the shortest route to the "a" in the bottom right corner.
- Congratulations! Maze completed in %n steps and %s seconds.
Click to trace the route and solve the maze.
Solution
Click here to display the solution to the Abacus maze after a one-minute delay:
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