Zip · No. 556 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Zip #556 Answer (Sep 24, 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 →
- 2→3: →×3
- 3→4: → ↑×5 ←
- 4→5: ←×3
- 5→6: ← ↓ →
- 6→7: → ↓×2 ←
- 7→8: ↓ →×3 ↑
- 8→9: ← ↑×2 →
- 9→10: ↓
About Zip #556
- Zip #556 is a 6×6 grid with 10 numbered checkpoints and 0 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 10 and must cover all 36 squares.
- It has 10 checkpoints, more than the average of 8.6 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 10, 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.
- Checkpoints 4 and 9 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 4 at R1C5 with only two exits: R1C5 links to R1C4 and R1C6.