Zip · No. 550 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Zip #550 Answer (Sep 18, 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: →×3 ↑×5 ←×2
- 2→3: ←×3 ↓×5 → ↑
- 3→4: →×3 ↑×2
- 4→5: ↑
- 5→6: ←×3 ↓×2
- 6→7: →×2
- 7→8: ↑ ←
About Zip #550
- Zip #550 is a 6×6 grid with 8 numbered checkpoints and 0 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 8 and must cover all 36 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 8 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 10.7 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.