Zip · No. 498 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Zip #498 Answer (Jul 28, 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: ↓ →×2 ↓ ←×2 ↓
- 3→4: →×2
- 4→5: ↓ ←×3 ↑
- 5→6: ↑ ← ↓
- 6→7: ↓ ← ↑
- 7→8: ↑×3
- 8→9: ↑ → ↓×2 → ↑
- 9→10: ↑ →×3 ↓
About Zip #498
- Zip #498 is a 6×6 grid with 10 numbered checkpoints and 8 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 10 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 10 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 10.9 across the previous 7 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, 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.
- Walls leave R3C3 only two open sides, which fixes both links: R3C3 links to R2C3 and R3C2.
- Joining R1C5 to checkpoint 1 at R2C5 would connect checkpoint 1 to checkpoint 10 before every square is visited, which leaves R1C5 with only two exits: R1C5 links to R1C4 and R1C6.