Zip · No. 526 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Zip #526 Answer (Aug 25, 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: ↓×3 ←×2 ↓×2 → ↑ → ↓
- 2→3: ↓ ←
- 3→4: ←×2 ↑×4 →×2 ↑×2 ← ↓ ← ↑×2 →×4 ↓
- 4→5: ↓×3 →×2 ↓×2 ← ↑ ← ↓
- 5→6: ↓ →×3 ↑×4 ←×2 ↑×2 → ↓ → ↑×2 ←×2
About Zip #526
- Zip #526 is an 8×8 grid with 6 numbered checkpoints and 32 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 6 and must cover all 64 squares.
- It has 6 checkpoints, fewer 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 6, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C8, and R8C1 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.
- Walls leave R1C2, R1C3, and R1C7 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R1C2 links to R1C1 and R1C3; R1C3 links to R1C2 and R1C4; R1C7 links to R1C6 and R1C8.
- Checkpoints 1 and 4 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 4 at R2C5 with only two exits: R2C5 links to R1C5 and R3C5.