No-three-in-line $D(44)$

88 points of the 44 by 44 grid with no three on a line

The largest number of points of the $44 \times 44$ grid with no three on a line.

Value: $88$ Verified lower bound

Verified bounds

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Lower bound: $88$ Checked construction
no-three-in-line-44-lower-88, submitted by daniel-munro, 2026-11-05
[construction from The No-Three-in-Line Problem, Achim Flammenkamp, 2026-10-28]
Upper bound: None yet

Updates from the literature

Upper bound: $88$
Trivial or easy according to the secondary source.
[via No-three-in-line problem - Wikipedia]
1992-07 Lower bound: $88$
A. Flammenkamp, Progress in the no-three-in-line problem, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 60 (1992) 305-311.
[via The No-Three-in-Line Problem, Achim Flammenkamp, 2026-10-28]