Zip · No. 518 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Zip #518 Answer (Aug 17, 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: ↓ →×5 ↑
- 2→3: ←
- 3→4: ← ↑×2
- 4→5: ↑
- 5→6: → ↓×2
- 6→7: →
- 7→8: ↑×3 ←×5 ↓×3
- 8→9: →
- 9→10: ↑×2 →
- 10→11: ↓
- 11→12: ↓×2 ←
About Zip #518
- Zip #518 is a 6×6 grid with 12 numbered checkpoints and 0 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 12 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 12 checkpoints, more than the average of 11.0 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 1 and 8 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 8 at R4C1 with only two exits: R4C1 links to R3C1 and R4C2.
- Checkpoints 1 and 8 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly and checkpoints 1 and 12 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 1 at R5C1, an end of the path, with a single exit: R5C1 links to R6C1.