Zip · No. 502 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Zip #502 Answer (Aug 1, 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: ↓×4 ← ↑×2
- 2→3: ↑×2 ← ↓×2 ←×2 ↑ → ↑ ←×2
- 3→4: ↓×3 →×3
- 4→5: ↓ ←×4 ↑×3
- 5→6: ↑×2 →×6 ↑ ←×7
- 6→7: ↓×5
- 7→8: ↓×2 →×7
About Zip #502
- Zip #502 is an 8×8 grid with 8 numbered checkpoints and 32 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 8 and must cover all 64 squares.
- It has 8 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 10.3 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 8, need just one.
- The corners checkpoint 6 at R1C1, R1C8, and R8C1 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.
- Walls leave R1C3, R1C4, and R1C5 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R1C3 links to R1C2 and R1C4; R1C4 links to R1C3 and R1C5; R1C5 links to R1C4 and R1C6.