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#1: Belita (belita) on Mar 30, 2018

Very labyrinthine. It needs a Minotaur.

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In hedge-maze parlance: There is a difference physically. A maze is a complex branching (multicursal) puzzle that includes choices of path and direction, may have multiple entrances and exits, and dead ends. A labyrinth is unicursal i.e. has only a single, non-branching path, which leads to the center then back out the same way, with only one entry/exit point. The labyrinth is easier.

Cool puzzle and cool info.

Kristen, that's wrong. A labyrinth is a maze with multiple false paths and dead ends, per every dictionary I found in a web search. The only exception was a bible based dictionary defining a PRAYER labyrinth.

in hedge-maze parlance, a labyrinth is as I said.

The difference between mazes and labyrinths is that labyrinths have a single continuous path which leads to the centre, and as long as you keep going forward, you will get there eventually. Mazes have multiple paths which branch off and will not necessarily lead to the centre.

I suppose that would matter if this was a hedge, but it's not.

A hedge-notlabyrinth actually sounds quite boring, especially since the entire route would be two-way traffic.

What if it is a hedge?

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