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LinkedIn Zip #579 answer — October 17, 2026

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  1. 1A first footholdShow hint
  2. 2Halfway thereShow hint
  3. 3Solve it step by stepShow hint

    Each step takes you from one number to the next, with rows counted from the top and columns from the left. “3 down, 2 left” means three cells down, then two cells to the left.

    1. From 1 (row 3, column 7): 1 up to reach 2 in row 2, column 7.
    2. From 2 (row 2, column 7): 1 up, 1 left, 1 down to reach 3 in row 2, column 6.
    3. No choice at row 1, column 7: as a corner, it has only two neighbors (row 2, column 7 and row 1, column 6), so the path must enter through one and leave through the other.
    4. From 3 (row 2, column 6): 1 left, 1 up, 1 left, 1 down, 1 left to reach 4 in row 2, column 3.
    5. From 4 (row 2, column 3): 1 up, 2 left, 3 down, 4 right, 1 down to reach 5 in row 5, column 5.
    6. From 5 (row 5, column 5): 2 left, 1 down, 1 left to reach 6 in row 6, column 2.
    7. From 6 (row 6, column 2): 1 up to reach 7 in row 5, column 2.
    8. From 7 (row 5, column 2): 1 left to reach 8 in row 5, column 1.
    9. From 8 (row 5, column 1): 1 down to reach 9 in row 6, column 1.
    10. From 9 (row 6, column 1): 1 down, 3 right, 1 up, 1 right to reach 10 in row 6, column 5.
    11. From 10 (row 6, column 5): 1 down, 2 right, 1 up, 1 left to reach 11 in row 6, column 6.
    12. From 11 (row 6, column 6): 1 up to reach 12 in row 5, column 6.
    13. From 12 (row 5, column 6): 1 right, 1 up, 1 left, 1 up to reach 13 in row 3, column 6.
    14. From 13 (row 3, column 6): 3 left to reach 14 in row 3, column 3.
    15. From 14 (row 3, column 3): 1 left to reach 15 in row 3, column 2.
    16. From 15 (row 3, column 2): 1 up to reach 16 in row 2, column 2, where the path ends.
  4. 4Zip #579 solutionShow answer

    Path from 1 to the end: (3,7) → (2,7) → (1,7) → (1,6) → (2,6) → (2,5) → (1,5) → (1,4) → (2,4) → (2,3) → (1,3) → (1,2) → (1,1) → (2,1) → (3,1) → (4,1) → (4,2) → (4,3) → (4,4) → (4,5) → (5,5) → (5,4) → (5,3) → (6,3) → (6,2) → (5,2) → (5,1) → (6,1) → (7,1) → (7,2) → (7,3) → (7,4) → (6,4) → (6,5) → (7,5) → (7,6) → (7,7) → (6,7) → (6,6) → (5,6) → (5,7) → (4,7) → (4,6) → (3,6) → (3,5) → (3,4) → (3,3) → (3,2) → (2,2)

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How to play Zip

  • Start on the cell marked 1.
  • Visit the numbered cells in order — 1, 2, 3 … up to the last number, where the path ends.
  • Move up, down, left or right; never diagonally, and never through a wall.
  • Fill every cell of the grid exactly once.

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