Zip · No. 516 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Zip #516 Answer (Aug 15, 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→3: →×3
- 3→4: →
- 4→5: → ↓
- 5→6: ↓ ←×7 ↑
- 6→7: ↑×4 →
- 7→8: ↓ →×5 ↑
- 8→9: ←
- 9→10: ←×3
- 10→11: ↑ ←
- 11→12: ←
- 12→13: ↑ →×3 ↓ → ↑ → ↓ →
- 13→14: ↑ → ↓
- 14→15: ↓×3 ←×6 ↓
- 15→16: ↓
About Zip #516
- Zip #516 is an 8×8 grid with 16 numbered checkpoints and 4 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 16 and must cover all 64 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 16 checkpoints, more than the average of 10.4 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 16, 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.
- Checkpoints 7 and 11 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly and checkpoints 7 and 10 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 7 at R3C2 with only two exits: R3C2 links to R3C1 and R4C2.
- Checkpoints 6 and 16 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 6 at R7C1 with only two exits: R7C1 links to R6C1 and R8C1.