Zip · No. 544 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Zip #544 Answer (Sep 12, 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
- 2→3: ←×2 ↑×2
- 3→4: ← ↑
- 4→5: →×2 ↓×2
- 5→6: → ↑×2 →
- 6→7: ↑ ←×5 ↓×3 → ↓ ← ↓×2
- 7→8: →×6 ↑ ←
- 8→9: ←×4
About Zip #544
- Zip #544 is a 7×7 grid with 9 numbered checkpoints and 6 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 9 and must cover all 49 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 9 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 11.9 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 9, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, checkpoint 7 at R7C1, and R7C7 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R7C1 links to R6C1 and R7C2; R7C7 links to R6C7 and R7C6.
- Walls leave checkpoint 6 at R2C6, R2C7, and R3C6 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R2C6 links to R1C6 and R2C5; R2C7 links to R1C7 and R3C7; R3C6 links to R4C6 and R3C7.
- R3C7 already has both of its links and cannot also join R4C7, which leaves R4C7 with only two exits: R4C7 links to R4C6 and R5C7.