Zip · No. 527 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Zip #527 Answer (Aug 26, 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
- 3→4: → ↓×6 ←×3
- 4→5: ↑ →×2 ↑
- 5→6: ↑
- 6→7: ← ↓ ←
- 7→8: ↑
- 8→9: ↑
- 9→10: ← ↓×4
- 10→11: ←
- 11→12: ← ↑ → ↑
- 12→13: ← ↑×4 →×3
- 13→14: ↓ ←×2 ↓
- 14→15: ↓
About Zip #527
- Zip #527 is a 7×7 grid with 15 numbered checkpoints and 0 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 15 and must cover all 49 squares.
- It has 15 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 15, 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.
- Checkpoints 1 and 13 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 13 at R1C4 with only two exits: R1C4 links to R1C3 and R2C4.
- Checkpoints 1 and 13 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly and checkpoints 1 and 3 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 3 at R1C6 with only two exits and checkpoint 1 at R1C5, an end of the path, with a single exit: R1C6 links to R2C6 and R1C7; R1C5 links to R2C5.