Zip · No. 492 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Zip #492 Answer (Jul 22, 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
- 2→3: ←×2 ↓
- 3→4: →×2 ↓ ←×2 ↓
- 4→5: → ↓ ← ↓
- 5→6: ↓ → ↑ → ↓
- 6→7: → ↑×2 ← ↑ →×2 ↑ ← ↑ →×2 ↑ → ↓
- 7→8: ↓ ← ↓ →
- 8→9: ↓ ←×2 ↓ →×2
- 9→10: ↓ ←×2
About Zip #492
- Zip #492 is a 7×7 grid with 10 numbered checkpoints and 14 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 10 and must cover all 49 squares.
- It has 10 checkpoints, the same as the average of 10.0 across the previous 3 puzzles.
- Each square is entered once and left once, so it needs two path links; only the two ends, checkpoints 1 and 10, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C7, R7C1, and R7C7 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R1C7 links to R1C6 and R2C7; R7C1 links to R6C1 and R7C2; R7C7 links to R6C7 and R7C6.
- Walls leave checkpoint 2 at R1C3, R2C3, and R3C3 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R1C3 links to R1C2 and R1C4; R2C3 links to R2C2 and R3C3; R3C3 links to R2C3 and R3C2.
- R1C2 already has both of its links and cannot also join R2C2 and joining R2C2 to R3C2 would close a loop, because the forced links already connect them, which leaves R2C2 with only two exits: R2C2 links to R2C1 and R2C3.