Zip · No. 490 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Zip #490 Answer (Jul 20, 2026)
Hint: Corners and cells boxed in by walls have only one or two exits — route the path through them first.
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- 1→2: ↑
- 2→3: → ↓
- 3→4: → ↑×2 ←×2
- 4→5: ↑×2 →
- 5→6: ↓
- 6→7: → ↑×2 ←×2
- 7→8: ←
- 8→9: ←×2 ↓×5 →
- 9→10: →
- 10→11: ↑
- 11→12: ← ↑×2
- 12→13: ↑
- 13→14: → ↓×2
About Zip #490
- Zip #490 is a 6×6 grid with 14 numbered checkpoints and 0 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 14 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 14 checkpoints, more than the average of 10.0 across the previous 1 puzzles.
- Each square is entered once and left once, so it needs two path links; only the two ends, checkpoints 1 and 14, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C6, R6C1, and R6C6 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R1C6 links to R1C5 and R2C6; R6C1 links to R5C1 and R6C2; R6C6 links to R5C6 and R6C5.
- Checkpoints 4 and 14 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly and checkpoints 2 and 4 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 4 at R4C4 with only two exits: R4C4 links to R3C4 and R4C5.
- Checkpoints 1 and 3 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 3 at R6C5 with only two exits: R6C5 links to R5C5 and R6C6.