Zip · No. 504 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Zip #504 Answer (Aug 3, 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: → ↓×5 ←
- 3→4: ← ↑
- 4→5: →
- 5→6: ↑ ←×3 ↓
- 6→7: →
- 7→8: ↓ ←
- 8→9: ← ↑×5 →
- 9→10: ↓
- 10→11: ↓ →×3 ↑
- 11→12: ←
About Zip #504
- Zip #504 is a 6×6 grid with 12 numbered checkpoints and 4 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 12 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 12 checkpoints, more than the average of 8.0 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 12, 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.
- Checkpoints 2 and 11 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 2 at R1C5 with only two exits: R1C5 links to R1C4 and R1C6.
- Checkpoints 6 and 8 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 8 at R6C2 with only two exits: R6C2 links to R6C1 and R6C3.