Zip · No. 559 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Zip #559 Answer (Sep 27, 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→4: ←×2 ↑×3
- 4→5: → ↓
- 5→6: ↓ →
- 6→7: ↑×3 ←×3
- 7→8: ↓×5 → ↓
- 8→9: ←×2 ↑×4 ← ↑
- 9→10: → ↑
- 10→11: ←×3 ↓ → ↓
- 11→12: ← ↓
- 12→13: →×2 ↓×2 ←
- 13→14: ↑ ←
- 14→15: ↓×3 → ↑ →
- 15→16: ↓ →
About Zip #559
- Zip #559 is an 8×8 grid with 16 numbered checkpoints and 8 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 16 and must cover all 64 squares.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 16 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 16, need just one.
- The corners R1C1, R1C8, R8C1, and R8C8 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; R8C8 links to R7C8 and R8C7.
- Checkpoints 7 and 10 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 10 at R1C4 and checkpoint 7 at R1C5 with only two exits each: R1C4 links to R1C3 and R2C4; R1C5 links to R2C5 and R1C6.
- Checkpoints 12 and 14 are not consecutive, so they cannot be linked directly, which leaves checkpoint 12 at R4C1 and checkpoint 14 at R5C1 with only two exits each: R4C1 links to R3C1 and R4C2; R5C1 links to R6C1 and R5C2.