Zip · No. 500 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Zip #500 Answer (Jul 30, 2026)
Hint: Corners and cells boxed in by walls have only one or two exits — route the path through them first.
Show Zip #500 answer as text
- 1→2: →×4
- 2→3: → ↑ ← ↑ → ↑ ←×2 ↓×2 ← ↑×2 ← ↓×2 ← ↑×2 ← ↓×2
- 3→4: ↓×2 → ↓ ← ↓ →×2 ↑×2 → ↓×2 → ↑×2 → ↓×2 → ↑×2
About Zip #500
- Zip #500 is a 7×7 grid with 4 numbered checkpoints and 18 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 4 and must cover all 49 squares.
- It has 4 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 11.4 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 4, 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 R2C1, checkpoint 3 at R3C1, and R3C2 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R2C1 links to R1C1 and R3C1; R3C1 links to R2C1 and R4C1; R3C2 links to R2C2 and R3C3.