Zip · No. 541 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Zip #541 Answer (Sep 9, 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→3: ←×3 ↑×2 ← ↓×5 →×2
- 3→4: ↑
- 4→5: ← ↑
- 5→6: →×3 ↓ ←
- 6→7: ↓ →×2 ↑×5 ←×2
- 7→8: ← ↓
About Zip #541
- Zip #541 is a 6×6 grid with 8 numbered checkpoints and 12 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 8 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 8 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 10.6 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 8, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, 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 R2C1, R2C6, and R3C1 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R2C1 links to R1C1 and R3C1; R2C6 links to R1C6 and R3C6; R3C1 links to R2C1 and R4C1.