Zip · No. 495 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Zip #495 Answer (Jul 25, 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: ← ↓×5 →×2
- 2→3: → ↑×2 ←
- 3→4: ↑ →×2 ↓×3 →×2
- 4→5: → ↑×7 ←×2
- 5→6: ← ↓×2 →
- 6→7: ↑
- 7→8: → ↓
- 8→9: ↓×3
- 9→10: ↓
- 10→11: ← ↑
- 11→12: ↑×2 ←×2 ↑×3 ←×2
- 12→13: ← ↓ →
- 13→14: → ↓
- 14→15: ↓ ← ↓×2
- 15→16: ↓ →
About Zip #495
- Zip #495 is an 8×8 grid with 16 numbered checkpoints and 14 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 16 and must cover all 64 squares.
- It has 16 checkpoints, more than the average of 10.0 across the previous 6 puzzles.
- Each square is entered once and left once, so it needs two path links; only the two ends, checkpoints 1 and 16, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C8, R8C1, and R8C8 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R1C8 links to R1C7 and R2C8; R8C1 links to R7C1 and R8C2; R8C8 links to R7C8 and R8C7.
- Walls leave R2C4, R3C4, and R3C5 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R2C4 links to R1C4 and R3C4; R3C4 links to R2C4 and R4C4; R3C5 links to R2C5 and R3C6.
- Checkpoints 5 and 7 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 5 at R1C6 with only two exits: R1C6 links to R1C5 and R1C7.