Zip · No. 524 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Zip #524 Answer (Aug 23, 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 ↑×3 → ↑ ← ↑ →
- 3→4: →
- 4→5: ↓ → ↓ ← ↓ →
- 5→6: ↓×2 →×4 ↑ ←
- 6→7: ←×2
- 7→8: ↑ →
- 8→9: ↑ ← ↑ → ↑ →
- 9→10: ↑ ←
- 10→11: ← ↓
- 11→12: ← ↑
- 12→13: ←×2
- 13→14: ← ↑ →×7 ↓×3 ← ↓ → ↓ ←
About Zip #524
- Zip #524 is an 8×8 grid with 14 numbered checkpoints and 10 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 14 and must cover all 64 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 14 checkpoints, more than the average of 10.7 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 14, 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 R4C1, R4C8, and R5C1 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R4C1 links to R3C1 and R4C2; R4C8 links to R3C8 and R4C7; R5C1 links to R6C1 and R5C2.
- Checkpoints 3 and 13 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 3 at R3C2 with only two exits: R3C2 links to R3C1 and R3C3.