Zip · No. 537 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Zip #537 Answer (Sep 5, 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: ↑×2 ←×3 ↓ →
- 4→5: → ↓
- 5→6: ↓×2
- 6→7: ← ↑×2
- 7→8: ← ↓×4 → ↑ →
- 8→9: ↓ →×4 ↑×6 ←×2 ↓
- 9→10: → ↓×3
- 10→11: ←
- 11→12: ↑×2
About Zip #537
- Zip #537 is a 7×7 grid with 12 numbered checkpoints and 0 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 12 and must cover all 49 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 12 checkpoints, more than the average of 9.1 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 12, 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 4 and 7 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly and checkpoints 5 and 7 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 7 at R3C2 with only two exits: R3C2 links to R3C1 and R4C2.
- Checkpoints 5 and 7 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly and checkpoints 3 and 5 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 5 at R3C3 with only two exits: R3C3 links to R2C3 and R4C3.