Zip · No. 514 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Zip #514 Answer (Aug 13, 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: ← ↓ ←
- 3→4: ↑×2 →×2 ↑×3
- 4→5: ↑ → ↓×7 ←×4 ↑×4 →×2 ↑ ←×3 ↓×4
- 5→6: ↓ ←×2 ↑×7 →×5 ↓
- 6→7: ←×2
- 7→8: ←×2
- 8→9: ↓
- 9→10: ↓×4
About Zip #514
- Zip #514 is an 8×8 grid with 10 numbered checkpoints and 16 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 10 and must cover all 64 squares.
- It has 10 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 10, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C8, R8C1, and R8C8 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; R8C8 links to R7C8 and R8C7.
- Walls leave R3C3, R3C4, and R3C5 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R3C3 links to R4C3 and R3C4; R3C4 links to R3C3 and R3C5; R3C5 links to R3C4 and R3C6.
- Checkpoints 4 and 6 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 6 at R2C6 with only two exits: R2C6 links to R1C6 and R2C5.