Zip · No. 522 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Zip #522 Answer (Aug 21, 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: → ↑ ←×2 ↓×6 →×3 ↑
- 3→4: ←×2
- 4→5: ↑×2
- 5→6: → ↓ →×3 ↓
- 6→7: ← ↓ →×2 ↑×6 ←×3 ↓
- 7→8: → ↓×2 →
- 8→9: ↑×2
About Zip #522
- Zip #522 is a 7×7 grid with 9 numbered checkpoints and 16 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 9 and must cover all 49 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 9 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 11.3 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 9, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C7, R7C1, and R7C7 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R1C7 links to R1C6 and R2C7; R7C1 links to R6C1 and R7C2; R7C7 links to R6C7 and R7C6.
- Walls leave R1C2, R1C5, and R1C6 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R1C2 links to R1C1 and R1C3; R1C5 links to R1C4 and R1C6; R1C6 links to R1C5 and R1C7.