Zip · No. 549 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Zip #549 Answer (Sep 17, 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 ↑×5 ←×3 ↓ ← ↑ ← ↓×5 →×2 ↑
- 3→4: ← ↑×2
- 4→5: → ↓
- 5→6: → ↑
About Zip #549
- Zip #549 is a 6×6 grid with 6 numbered checkpoints and 12 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 6 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 6 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 11.0 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 6, 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 R1C5 and R2C3 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R1C5 links to R1C4 and R1C6; R2C3 links to R1C3 and R2C2.