Zip · No. 506 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Zip #506 Answer (Aug 5, 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 ↓×5 ←×2
- 3→4: ↑ → ↑×2
- 4→5: ← ↓
- 5→6: ←×2
- 6→7: ↓
- 7→8: → ↓
- 8→9: ←×2 ↑×5 → ↓×2 →
- 9→10: ↑ →×2
About Zip #506
- Zip #506 is a 6×6 grid with 10 numbered checkpoints and 0 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 10 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 10 checkpoints, more than the average of 8.3 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 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.
- Checkpoints 3 and 8 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 8 at R6C3 with only two exits: R6C3 links to R5C3 and R6C2.