Zip · No. 552 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Zip #552 Answer (Sep 20, 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→4: ↓×3
- 4→5: ← ↑×4 →×3 ↓ →
- 5→6: ↑ →×3 ↓×2 ← ↑ ← ↓
- 6→7: ← ↓
- 7→8: → ↓ ← ↓×2 ←
- 8→9: ↑ ←
- 9→10: ↓ ← ↑ ← ↓×2 →×7 ↑×4 ←
- 10→11: ↓×2 ←
- 11→12: ↓ →
About Zip #552
- Zip #552 is an 8×8 grid with 12 numbered checkpoints and 24 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 12 and must cover all 64 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 12 checkpoints, more than the average of 9.4 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 12, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C8, and R8C1 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R1C8 links to R1C7 and R2C8; R8C1 links to R7C1 and R8C2.
- Walls leave R1C2, R1C3, and R1C6 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R1C2 links to R1C1 and R1C3; R1C3 links to R1C2 and R1C4; R1C6 links to R1C5 and R1C7.