Zip · No. 536 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Zip #536 Answer (Sep 4, 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→3: → ↑ → ↓×2 ←×5 ↑×7 →×7 ↓×7 ← ↑×6 ← ↓×3 ← ↑×3 ←
- 3→4: ←×2
- 4→5: ↓
- 5→6: →×2
- 6→7: ↓
- 7→8: ↓
- 8→9: ↓
- 9→10: ← ↑×2
About Zip #536
- Zip #536 is an 8×8 grid with 10 numbered checkpoints and 17 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 10 and must cover all 64 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 10 checkpoints, more than the average of 8.9 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 10, 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 R3C5, R3C6, and R3C7 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R3C5 links to R2C5 and R4C5; R3C6 links to R2C6 and R4C6; R3C7 links to R2C7 and R4C7.
- Checkpoints 3 and 6 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 6 at R3C4 with only two exits: R3C4 links to R3C3 and R4C4.