Zip · No. 561 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Zip #561 Answer (Sep 29, 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 ←×2
- 2→3: ↓×6
- 3→4: → ↑×2
- 4→5: → ↓×2 →×3 ↑
- 5→6: ↑ ← ↓ ←
- 6→7: ↑×4
- 7→8: ↑ → ↓×3 → ↑
- 8→9: ↑×2 →
- 9→10: ↓×6
About Zip #561
- Zip #561 is a 7×7 grid with 10 numbered checkpoints and 20 walls.
- The path runs from 1 to 10 and must cover all 49 squares.
- It has 10 checkpoints, fewer than the average of 10.3 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 checkpoint 2 at R1C1, checkpoint 9 at R1C7, and checkpoint 3 at R7C1 have just two neighbors each, so all their links are forced: R1C1 links to R2C1 and R1C2; R1C7 links to R1C6 and R2C7; R7C1 links to R6C1 and R7C2.
- Walls leave R2C1, checkpoint 7 at R2C4, and R2C7 only two open sides each, which fixes their links: R2C1 links to R1C1 and R3C1; R2C4 links to R1C4 and R3C4; R2C7 links to R1C7 and R3C7.