Zip · No. 539 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Zip #539 Answer (Sep 7, 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: →
- 4→5: ↓
- 5→6: ↓×2 ←
- 6→7: ↓ →×2 ↑×5
- 7→8: ←×5 ↓×5 →×2
- 8→9: ↑ ← ↑×3
About Zip #539
- Zip #539 is a 6×6 grid with 9 numbered checkpoints and 9 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 9 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 9 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 10.4 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 9, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, checkpoint 7 at R1C6, R6C1, and R6C6 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R1C6 links to R1C5 and R2C6; R6C1 links to R5C1 and R6C2; R6C6 links to R5C6 and R6C5.
- Walls leave R1C2, R1C3, and R1C4 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R1C2 links to R1C1 and R1C3; R1C3 links to R1C2 and R1C4; R1C4 links to R1C3 and R1C5.